Craspedida is an order of
choanoflagellate
The choanoflagellates are a group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of the animals. Choanoflagellates are collared flagellates, having a funnel shaped collar of interconne ...
, with members with an exclusively organic covering.
Craspedid genera
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Salpingoeca rosetta
''Salpingoeca rosetta'' is a species of Choanoflagellates in the family Salpingoecidae. It is a rare marine eukaryote consisting of a number of cells embedded in a jelly-like matrix. This organism demonstrates a very primitive level of cell diffe ...
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S. rosetta has been named for the rosette-shaped colonies formed by its cells. Recent studies show a bacterial sulfonolipid, called rosette inducing factor (RIF-1) produced by ''
Algoriphagus machipongonensis
''Algoriphagus'' is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).
Etymology
The name ''Algoriphagus'' derives from:Latin masculine gender noun ''algor'' -''oris'', cold; Greek masculine gender noun , glutton; New Latin masculine gender noun '' ...
'' triggers colony formation in S. rosetta.
References
* Extended phylogeny of the Craspedida (Choanomonada). Alexandra Jeuck, Hartmut Arndt and Frank Nitsche, European Journal of Protistology, Volume 50, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 430–443,
External links
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Craspedida''at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Opisthokont orders
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