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- Title
Molecular phylogeny and description of the novel katablepharid Roombia truncata gen. et sp. nov., and establishment of the Hacrobia taxon nov.
- Authors
Okamoto, Noriko; Chantangsi, Chitchai; Horák, Ales; Leander, Brian S; Keeling, Patrick J
- Abstract
Photosynthetic eukaryotes with a secondary plastid of red algal origin (cryptophytes, haptophytes, stramenopiles, dinoflagellates, and apicomplexans) are hypothesized to share a single origin of plastid acquisition according to Chromalveolate hypothesis. Recent phylogenomic analyses suggest that photosynthetic "chromalveolates" form a large clade with inclusion of several non-photosynthetic protist lineages. Katablepharids are one such non-photosynthetic lineage closely related to cryptophytes. Despite their evolutionary and ecological importance, katablepharids are poorly investigated.
- Publication
PloS one, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 9, pe7080
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0007080