Cafeteria (genus)
Genus of single-celled organisms
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Cafeteria is a genus of marine bicosoecid described in 1988 by Tom Fenchel and D. J. Patterson. It was created after the discovery of a new species, Cafeteria roenbergensis, a tiny (5–10 μm) eukaryotic organism that is eaten by protozoa and small invertebrates. The name is meant to indicate the importance of the genus in the food web.
| Cafeteria | |
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| Cafeteria roenbergensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Bigyra |
| Class: | Bikosea |
| Order: | Anoecida |
| Family: | Cafeteriidae |
| Genus: | Cafeteria Fenchel & Patterson, 1988[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cafeteria roenbergensis Fenchel & Patterson, 1988 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acronema Teal et al. 1998 non Falconer ex Edgeworth 1846 | |
Several species are recognised:
- Cafeteria biegae[2]
- Cafeteria burkhardae[2][3]
- Cafeteria chilensis[2]
- Cafeteria graefeae[2]
- Cafeteria loberiensis[2]
- Cafeteria maldiviensis[2]
- ?Cafeteria marsupialis Larsen & Patterson, 1990[4]
- Cafeteria ligulifera Larsen & Patterson 1990
- Cafeteria minimus (Griessmann 1913) Larsen & Patterson 1990
- Cafeteria minuta (Ruinen 1938) Larsen & D.J.Patterson, 1990 [4]
- Cafeteria mylnikovii Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006[2]
- Cafeteria roenbergensis Fenchel & Patterson, 1988[4][2]
- Cafeteria sippewissettensis (Teal et al. 1998) Cavalier-Smith 2013