Diaphanoeca grandis

Diaphanoeca grandis
	Diagrammatic representation of Diaphanoeca grandis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Class:	Choanoflagellata
Order:	Acanthoecida
Family:	Acanthoecidae
Genus:	Diaphanoeca
Species:	D. grandis
Binomial name
	Diaphanoeca grandis; Ellis, 1930

Diaphanoeca grandis is a species of choanoflagellate in the family Acanthoecidae which is the type species of the genus Diaphanoeca. It is a unicellular micro-heterotroph with a large protective lorica that is found beneath sea ice in a wide distribution. The lorica is composed of silica and possibly originates from diatoms via Horizontal gene transfer.^[1]

^ Marron, Alan O.; Alston, Mark J.; Heavens, Darren; Akam, Michael; Caccamo, Mario; Holland, Peter W. H.; Walker, Giselle (2013-04-07). "A family of diatom-like silicon transporters in the siliceous loricate choanoflagellates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280 (1756): 20122543. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2543. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3574361. PMID 23407828.

[1] Marron, Alan O.; Alston, Mark J.; Heavens, Darren; Akam, Michael; Caccamo, Mario; Holland, Peter W. H.; Walker, Giselle (2013-04-07). "A family of diatom-like silicon transporters in the siliceous loricate choanoflagellates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280 (1756): 20122543. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2543. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 3574361. PMID 23407828.

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