Oxyrrhis
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Oxyrrhis is a genus of dinoflagellates. It includes the species Oxyrrhis marina.[1]
It is sometimes considered to be a monotypic genus.[2] Some sources assign the species Oxyrrhis parasitica and O. phaeocysticola, as well.[3]
Classification
Class Oxyrrhea Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Oxyrrhidophyceae; Oxyrrhia Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2004]
- Order Oxyrrhinida Cavalier-Smith 1993 [Oxyrrhinales Sournia 1984]
- Family Oxyrrhinidae [Oxyrrhinaceae Sournia 1984]
- Genus Oxyrrhis Dujardin 1841
- Species O. marina Dujardin 1841 [Oxyrrhis maritima van Meel 1969; Oxyrrhis tenticulifera Conrad 1939; Glyphidium marinum Fresenius 1865]
- Species O. parasitica Poche 1903
- Genus Oxyrrhis Dujardin 1841
- Family Oxyrrhinidae [Oxyrrhinaceae Sournia 1984]
References
- ^ Saldarriaga JF, McEwan ML, Fast NM, Taylor FJ, Keeling PJ (2003). "Multiple protein phylogenies show that Oxyrrhis marina and Perkinsus marinus are early branches of the dinoflagellate lineage". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 1): 355–65. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02328-0. PMID 12656195.
- ^ Lowe, C. D., et al. (2011). Who is Oxyrrhis marina? Morphological and phylogenetic studies on an unusual dinoflagellate. Journal of Plankton Research 33(4) 555-67.
- ^ Guiry, M. D. in Guiry, M. D. & G. M. Guiry. 2013. Oxyrrhis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed on 10 June 2013.
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