Tetragonidiaceae

Tetragonidiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Hacrobia
(unranked):	Cryptista
Phylum:	Cryptophyta
Class:	Cryptophyceae
Order:	Tetragonidiales
Family:	Tetragonidiaceae; Bourrelly ex Silva 1980
Genera
	Bjornbergiella; Tetragonidium;

Tetragonidiaceae is a family of cryptomonads which includes two genera. Members of Tetragonidiaceae are distinguished from other cryptomonads by reproduction occurring in a non-motile vegetative phase, as well as the formation of multicellular filaments unlike any other cryptomonad family.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Novarino and Lucas (1993), "Some proposals for a new classification system of the Cryptophyceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 111 (1): 3–21, doi:10.1006/bojl.1993.1002
^ Bicudo (1965), "Bjornbergiella, a New Genus of Cryptophyceae from Hawaiian Soil", Phycologia, 5 (4): 217–221, doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-5-4-217.1

[1] Novarino and Lucas (1993), "Some proposals for a new classification system of the Cryptophyceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 111 (1): 3–21, doi:10.1006/bojl.1993.1002

[2] Bicudo (1965), "Bjornbergiella, a New Genus of Cryptophyceae from Hawaiian Soil", Phycologia, 5 (4): 217–221, doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-5-4-217.1

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