| Chroomonadaceae | |
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| Chroomonas sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Pancryptista |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Superclass: | Cryptomonada |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Pyrenomonadales |
| Family: | Chroomonadaceae Clay, Cugrens & Lee 1999 |
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Chroomonadaceae is a family of cryptomonads first recognized by Clay et al in 1999 as including genera Chroomonas , Falcomonas , and Komma . [1] Following a molecular phylogenic study in 2002, Hemiselmis was also placed within the Chroomonadaceae. [2] Today, the family is generally recognized as sister to the Pyrenomonadaceae.
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They are one of only two groups of cryptomonads (alongside Rhinomonas ) to lack a rhizostyle. They are also distinguished by the lack of a cleavage furrow and the presence of several phycocyanins and phycoerythrins not observed in any other cryptomonad taxa. [3]
