Biology:Acanthoecidae
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Short description: Family of protists
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| Stephanoeca diplocostata taken under bright field at x100 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Class: | Choanoflagellatea |
| Order: | Acanthoecida |
| Family: | Acanthoecidae Norris, 1965 |
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Acanthoecidae is a family of choanoflagellates.[1] Its subgroups Diaphanoeca and Stephanoeca bear lorica composed of silica which possibly originate from diatoms via Horizontal gene transfer.[2]
Genera
Acanthocorbis - Acanthoeca - Amoenoscopa - Apheloecion - Bicosta - Calliacantha - Calotheca - Campyloacantha - Conion - Cosmoeca - Crinolina - Crucispina - Diaphanoeca - Diplotheca - Kakoeca - Monocosta - Nannoeca - Parvicorbicula - Platypleura - Pleurasiga - Polyfibula - Polyoeca - Saepicula - Saroeca - Savillea - Spiraloecion - Stephanacantha - Stephanoeca - Syndetophyllum
References
- ↑ "Taxonomy: Acanthoecidae". UniProt. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/28010.
- ↑ "A family of diatom-like silicon transporters in the siliceous loricate choanoflagellates". Proceedings. Biological Sciences 280 (1756): 20122543. April 2013. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2543. PMID 23407828.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q337756 entry
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