Pyrenomonadaceae

Pyrenomonadaceae
"Rhodomonas salina"
Rhodomonas salina
Pyrenomonas ovalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Division: Cryptophyta
Class: Cryptophyceae
Order: Pyrenomonadales
Family: Pyrenomonadaceae
Novarino & Lucas 1993
Type genus
"Pyrenomonas" (nomen nudum)
Santore, 1984
Genera

Pyrenomonadaceae is a family of cryptomonads which includes three or four known genera. They are distinguished from other cryptomonads by their nucleomorphs being imbedded into the pyrenoid, and the presence of distinctive pigment phycoerythrin 545.

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