Raphidiophryidae Explained

Raphidiophryidae is a family of mostly freshwater centrohelids. It is the sister family of Acanthocystidae, sharing the trait of presenting silica scales and comprising the clade Chalarothoracina.[1] Two genera, Raphidiophrys and Polyplacocystis, have been discovered so far.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Yabuki. A.. Microheliella maris (Microhelida ord. n.), an ultrastructurally highly distinctive new axopodial protist species and genus, and the unity of phylum Heliozoa.. Protist. 2012. 163. 356–388. 10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.001. etal. 22153838.
  2. Cavalier-Smith. Thomas. Chao, Ema E. . Oxnerella micra sp. n. (Oxnerellidae fam. n.), a Tiny Naked Centrohelid, and the Diversity and Evolution of Heliozoa. Protist. 2012. 163. 574–601. 10.1016/j.protis.2011.12.005. 22317961. 4.

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