Falcomonas

Falcomonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Cryptista
Division: Cryptophyta
Class: Cryptophyceae
Order: Pyrenomonadales
Family: Falcomonadaceae
Genus: Falcomonas
Hill 1991
Type species
Falcomonas daucoides
(Conrad & Kufferath 1954) Hill 1991
Species
  • F. daucoides (Conrad & Kufferath 1954) Hill 1991

Falcomonas is a genus of cryptophytes placed in the family Chroomonadaceae. It is a common organism in marine waters.

References

  1. ↑ Hill, David R. A. (1991). "Chroomonas and Other Blue-Green Cryptomonads". Journal of Phycology. 27 (1): 141. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00133.x. S2CID 84657275.
  2. ↑ Brec L. Clay & Paul Kugrens (1999). "Characterization of Hemiselmis amylosa sp. nov. and phylogenetic placement of the blue-green cryptomonads H. amylosa and Falcomonas daucoides". Protist. 150 (3): 297–310. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70031-3. PMID 10575702.
  3. ↑ Kugrens, Paul; Lee, Robert E.; Hill, David R. A. (2000). Order Cryptomonadida (PDF) (2nd ed.). J. J. Lee, G. F. Leedale & P. Bradbury (ed.), An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa.