Caryocha Bukry and Monechi 1985

Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae

Full reference: D. Bukry and S. Monechi. 1985. Late Cenozoic Silicoflagellates from the Northwest Pacific. Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 86: Paleotemperature Trends and Texture Classification

Parent taxon: Dictyochaceae according to D. Bukry and S. Monechi 1985

Sister taxa: Bachmannocena, Cannopilus, Corbisema, Cornua, Dictyocha, Halicalyptra, Hannaites, Lyramula, Mesocena, Naviculopsis, Neonaviculopsis, Octactis, Paradictyocha, Paramesocena, Septamesocena, Silicoflagellida, Stephanocha, Vallacerta

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Caryocha in the database

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