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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Pyrenomonadales |
| Family: | Chroomonadaceae Clay, Cugrens & Lee 1999 |
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Chroomonadaceae is a family of cryptomonads first recognized by Clay et al in 1999 as including genera Chroomonas, Falcomonas, and Komma.[1] Following a molecular phylogenic study in 2002, Hemiselmis was also placed within the Chroomonadaceae.[2] Today, the family is generally recognized as sister to the Pyrenomonadaceae.
They are one of only two groups of cryptomonads (alongside Rhinomonas) to lack a rhizostyle. They are also distinguished by the lack of a cleavage furrow and the presence of several phycocyanins and phycoerythrins not observed in any other cryptomonad taxa.[3]
Laza-Martinez, 2012[3]
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