Pleuromastigaceae
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| Pleuromastigaceae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Pancryptista |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Superclass: | Cryptomonada |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Cryptomonadales |
| Family: | Pleuromastigaceae Bourrelly 1970 ex Silva 1980 |
| Genera | |
Pleuromastigaceae is an obsolete family of cryptomonads, which included genera Monomastix, Pleuromastix, and Xanthodiscus.
Today, Monomastix is regarded as a green alga, and since 1987 Xanthodiscus is regarded as a synonym of Prorocentrum.[1][2] Pleuromastix remains unclassified as a part of any larger taxon as of 2019.[3]