Picophagus

Picophagus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Clade?: SII
Class: Picophagea
Cavalier-Smith 2006 emend. T.Pánek & M.Eliáš in Terpis et al. 2024
Order: Picophagales
Cavalier-Smith 2006
Family: Picophagaceae
Cavalier-Smith 2006
Genus: Picophagus
Guillou & Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1999
Species:
P. flagellatus
Binomial name
Picophagus flagellatus
Guillou & Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1999

Picophagus is a genus of marine heterotrophic flagellates described in 1999. It evolved from photosynthetic algae that lost their chloroplasts. It is classified in the monotypic family Picophagaceae, order Picophagales and class Picophagea.

References

  1. ↑ Guillou, Laure; Chrétiennot-Dinet, Marie-Josèphe; Boulben, Sandrine; Moon-van der Staay, Seung Yeo; Vaulot, Daniel (1999). "Symbiomonas scintillans gen. et sp. nov. and Picophagus flagellatus gen. et sp. nov. (Heterokonta): Two New Heterotrophic Flagellates of Picoplanktonic Size". Protist. 150 (4): 383–398. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70040-4.
  2. ↑ Terpis, Kristina X.; Salomaki, Eric D.; Barcytė, Dovilė; Pánek, Tomáš; Verbruggen, Heroen; et al. (2025). "Multiple plastid losses within photosynthetic stramenopiles revealed by comprehensive phylogenomics". Current Biology. 35 (3): 483–499.e8. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.065.