Cafeteria is a genus of marine bicosoecid described in 1988 by Tom Fenchel and D. J. Patterson. It was created after the discovery of a new species, Cafeteria roenbergensis, a tiny (5–10 μm) eukaryotic organism that is eaten by protozoa and small invertebrates. The name is meant to indicate the importance of the genus in the food web.
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Genus: | Cafeteria Fenchel & Patterson, 1988[1]
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Cafeteria roenbergensis Fenchel & Patterson, 1988
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Several species are recognised:
- Cafeteria biegae[2]
- Cafeteria burkhardae[2][3]
- Cafeteria chilensis[2]
- Cafeteria graefeae[2]
- Cafeteria loberiensis[2]
- Cafeteria maldiviensis[2]
- ?Cafeteria marsupialis Larsen & Patterson, 1990[4]
- Cafeteria ligulifera Larsen & Patterson 1990
- Cafeteria minimus (Griessmann 1913) Larsen & Patterson 1990
- Cafeteria minuta (Ruinen 1938) Larsen & D.J.Patterson, 1990 [4]
- Cafeteria mylnikovii Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006[2]
- Cafeteria roenbergensis Fenchel & Patterson, 1988[4][2]
- Cafeteria sippewissettensis (Teal et al. 1998) Cavalier-Smith 2013
References
edit- ^ Fenchel, T., Patterson, D. J. (1988). Cafeteria roenbergensis nov. gen., nov. sp., a heterotrophic microflagellate from marine plankton. Marine Microbial Food Webs, 3, 9–19, [1].
- ^ a b c d e f g h Schoenle, Alexandra; Hohlfeld, Manon; Rosse, Mona; Filz, Paulina; Wylezich, Claudia; Nitsche, Frank; Arndt, Hartmut (2020). "Global comparison of bicosoecid Cafeteria-like flagellates from the deep ocean and surface waters, with reorganization of the family Cafeteriaceae". European Journal of Protistology. 73. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125665. PMID 31978633. S2CID 210891354.
- ^ Massana, Ramon; Labarre, Aurelie; López-Escardó, David; Obiol, Aleix; Bucchini, François; Hackl, Thomas; Fischer, Matthias G.; Vandepoele, Klaas; Tikhonenkov, Denis V.; Husnik, Filip; Keeling, Patrick J. (2021). "Gene expression during bacterivorous growth of a widespread marine heterotrophic flagellate". The ISME Journal. 15 (1): 154–167. Bibcode:2021ISMEJ..15..154M. doi:10.1038/s41396-020-00770-4. PMC 7852580. PMID 32920602.
- ^ a b c Guiry MD, Guiry GM, eds. (2010). "Cafeteria T. Fenchel & D.J. Patterson, 1988". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 26, 2023.