†family Cretarhabdaceae Thierstein 1973 (haptophyte alga)
Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Cretarhabdaceae
Parent taxon: Podorhabdales according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Axopodorhabdaceae, Biscutaceae, Calyculaceae, Mazaganellaceae, Prediscosphaeraceae, Tubodiscaceae
Subtaxa: Cretarhabdus Cruciellipsis Flabellites Grantarhabdus Helenea Miravetesina Pickelhaube Polypodorhabdus Retecapsa Speetonia
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
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