Tetragonidiales
Translingual
Etymology
Tetragonidium + -ales
Proper noun
Tetragonidiales
- A taxonomic order within the class Cryptophyceae – freshwater cryptomonads having only a brief motile phase, coccoid cells ranging in color from yellow to brown to green, with strong walls thought to be made of cellulose.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - domain; Chromista - kingdom; Hacrobia - subkingdom; Cryptista - phylum; Cryptophyceae - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Tetragonidiaceae - families
References
- Cryptista on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tetragonidiales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Cryptophyceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Tetragonidiales at World Register of Marine Species
- Tetragonidiales at Encyclopedia of Life
- Tetragonidiales placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521