Axodine

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Axodines
Scientific classification
Domain:
(unranked):
Phylum:
Class:
Actinochrysea

Cavalier-Smith et al. 1995[1]
Genera

Dictyochales/Silicoflagellates
   Dictyocha
Pedinellales/Actinodines
   Pedinella
   Apedinella
   Pseudopedinella
   Mesopedinella
   Parapedinella
   Actinomonas
   Pteridomonas
   Ciliophrys
   Actinophrys
   Actinosphaerium Rhizochromulinales    Rhizochromulina
Actinophryida
Florenciellales    Pseudochattonella

Synonyms
  • Actinochrysophyceae Mikrjukov & Patterson, 2001
  • Axodines Patterson, 1994
  • Dictyochophyceae Silva, 1982

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The axodines (Actinochrysea, Actinochrysophyceae or Dictyochophyceae)[2] are a group of unicellular heterokont algae, previously classified in the Chrysophyceae.[3]

They include pedinellids, silicoflagellates, and Rhizochromulinales.[2]

Characteristics

They characteristically have a single emergent flagellum, which lacks the root structure found in related groups, and is extended into a wing-like form supported by an internal rod. They also have tentacles or axopods supported by triads of microtubules, arising from the surface of the nucleus.

Classification and history

Order Dictyochales

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The most notable group is the silicoflagellates, marine plankton that form siliceous skeletons and are well known as fossils.

Order Pedinellales

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Most other axodines form a group variously called the pedinellids or actinodines.

Order Rhizochromulinales

In addition to the silicoflagellates and actinodines, the marine amoeboid Rhizochromulina marina is included here based on the structure of its zoospores. It is considered closer to the latter group than the former.

References

  1. Cavalier-Smith T., Chao E. E., Allsopp M. T. E. P. (1995) Ribosomal RNA evidence for chloroplast loss within Heterokonta: pedinellid relationships and a revised classification of ochristan algae. Arch. Protistenkd. 145: 209-220.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Mikrjukov K.A., Patterson D.J. (2001) Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Heliozoa. III. Actinophryids. Acta Protozoologica 40: 3-25
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