Oxyrrhis

Oxyrrhis is a genus of dinoflagellates. It includes the species Oxyrrhis marina.[1]

Oxyrrhis
Oxyrrhis marina
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Dinoflagellata
Class:
Oxyrrhidophyceae
Order:
Oxyrrhinales
Family:
Oxyrrhinaceae
Genus:
Oxyrrhis

Dujardin, 1841
Species
  • O. marina Dujardin 1841
  • O. parasitica Poche 1903

It is sometimes considered to be a monotypic genus.[2] Some sources assign the species Oxyrrhis parasitica and O. phaeocysticola, as well.[3]


Classification

Class Oxyrrhea Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Oxyrrhidophyceae; Oxyrrhia Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2004]

  • Order Oxyrrhinida Cavalier-Smith 1993 [Oxyrrhinales Sournia 1984]
    • Family Oxyrrhinidae [Oxyrrhinaceae Sournia 1984]
      • Genus Oxyrrhis Dujardin 1841
        • Species O. marina Dujardin 1841 [Oxyrrhis maritima van Meel 1969; Oxyrrhis tenticulifera Conrad 1939; Glyphidium marinum Fresenius 1865]
        • Species O. parasitica Poche 1903

References
  1. Saldarriaga JF, McEwan ML, Fast NM, Taylor FJ, Keeling PJ (2003). "Multiple protein phylogenies show that Oxyrrhis marina and Perkinsus marinus are early branches of the dinoflagellate lineage". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 1): 355–65. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02328-0. PMID 12656195.
  2. Lowe, C. D., et al. (2011). Who is Oxyrrhis marina? Morphological and phylogenetic studies on an unusual dinoflagellate. Journal of Plankton Research 33(4) 555-67.
  3. Guiry, M. D. in Guiry, M. D. & G. M. Guiry. 2013. Oxyrrhis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed on 10 June 2013.


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