Picophagea
| Picophagea | |
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| Chlamydomyxa montana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Superclass: | Limnistia |
| Class: | Picophagea Cavalier-Smith 2006 emend. 2017 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Synchromophyceae S.Horn & C.Wilhelm 2007 | |
Picophagea, also known as Synchromophyceae, is a class of photosynthetic stramenopiles. The chloroplast of the Synchromophyceae are surrounded by two membranes and arranged in a way where they share the outer pair of membranes. The entire chloroplast complex is surrounded by an additional two outer membranes.