Picophagus
Genus of flagellates
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Picophagus is a genus of marine heterotrophic flagellates described in 1999.[1] It evolved from photosynthetic algae that lost their chloroplasts. It is classified in the monotypic family Picophagaceae, order Picophagales and class Picophagea.[2]
| Picophagus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Chrysista |
| Clade: | SII |
| Class: | Picophagea Cavalier-Smith 2006 emend. T.Pánek & M.Eliáš in Terpis et al. 2024 |
| Order: | Picophagales Cavalier-Smith 2006 |
| Family: | Picophagaceae Cavalier-Smith 2006 |
| Genus: | Picophagus Guillou & Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1999 |
| Species: | P. flagellatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Picophagus flagellatus Guillou & Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1999 | |
