Cryptaulaxella (from Greek κρυπτός 'hidden' and αὖλαξ 'furrow') is a genus of kinetoplastids.[1] It was previously known as Spiromonas, a genus introduced by Skuja in 1939,[2] but the name was preoccupied by a dinoflagellate genus Spiromonas. Later, in 1948, Skuja renamed it to Cryptaulax, and considered it to be a type of cryptomonad.[3] Subsequent studies suggested that it was a euglenozoan.[4] Because Skuja had clearly misidentified the flagellate as a cryptomonad, Vørs[5] argued that at least some species should be placed in the euglenozoan genus Rhynchobodo, but this opinion did not reach consensus. The similarity of the general morphology of C. akopus with other species that have been studied in more detail and deemed to be euglenozoan support the argument that the genus is euglenozoan. In 1996, due to the name Cryptaulax being preoccupied by an insect genus, it was changed to Cryptaulaxoides. However, the latter was also preoccupied by a different insect genus. Consequently, it was eventually changed to its final name, Cryptaulaxella, in 2021.[1]
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| Original drawing of Cryptaulaxella akopos (as Spiromonas akopos) by Skuja, 1939 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Neobodonida |
| Family: | Neobodonidae |
| Genus: | Cryptaulaxella Kostygov 2021[1] |
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Species
editCryptaulax akopos – Cryptaulax conoidea – Cryptaulax elegans – Cryptaulax formica – Cryptaulax longiciliatus – Cryptaulax marina – Cryptaulax taeniata – Cryptaulax vulgaris
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kostygov, Alexei Y.; Karnkowska, Anna; Votýpka, Jan; Tashyreva, Daria; Maciszewski, Kacper; Yurchenko, Vyacheslav; Lukeš, Julius (2021). "Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses". Open Biology. 11: 200407. doi:10.1098/rsob.200407. PMC 8061765. PMID 33715388.
- ^ Skuja, H. 1939. Beitrage zur Algenflora Lettlands, 2. Acta Horti. Bot. Univ. Latviensis 11/12
- ^ Skuja, H. (1948): Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. 39 Taf. – Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses. 9, 3: 1–399, Uppsala.
- ^ Simpson A.G.B. 1997. The identity and composition of the Euglenozoa. Arch. Protistenkd. 148 (1997): 318-328
- ^ Vørs , N. 1992. Heterotrophic amoebae, flagellates, and heliozoa from the Tvärminne area, Gulf of Finland, in 1988-1990. Ophelia, 36:1-109.
External links
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Data related to Cryptaulax (Chromista) at Wikispecies- "Cryptaulaxella". The Encyclopedia of Life.
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