Craspedida | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Class: | Choanoflagellatea |
Order: | Craspedida Cavalier-Smith, 1997, emend. Nitsche et al. 2011 |
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Craspedida is an order of choanoflagellate, with members with an exclusively organic covering. Crown group craspedids (and perhaps crown group choanoflagellates if Acanthoecida arose within Craspedida [1] ) appeared 422.78 million years ago. [2] Although a previous study from 2017 recovered the divergence of the crown group choanoflagellates (craspedids) at 786.62 million years. [3]
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Salpingoeca rosetta has been named for the rosette-shaped colonies formed by its cells. Recent studies show a bacterial sulfonolipid, called rosette inducing factor (RIF-1) produced by Algoriphagus machipongonensis triggers colony formation in S. rosetta.[ citation needed ]