The Ebridea is a group of phagotrophic flagellate eukaryotes present in marine coastal plankton communities worldwide. Ebria tripartita is one of two (possibly four) described extant species in the Ebridea.
Members of this group are named for their idiosyncratic method of movement (ebrius, "drunk").

Ebriid
Ebria tripartita
Scientific classification
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Ebriales

Honigsberg 1964
Family
Synonyms
  • Stereotestales
  • Ebriida Poche

Ebriids are usually encountered in low abundance and have a peculiar combination of ultrastructural characters including a large nucleus with permanently condensed chromosomes and an internal skeleton composed of siliceous rods.

The taxonomic history of the group has been tumultuous and has included a variety of affiliations, such as silicoflagellates, dinoflagellates, 'radiolarians' and 'neomonads'. However, molecular phylogenies place them within Cercozoa.[1]

Taxonomy

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Order Ebriales[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Hoppenrath, M.; Leander B.S. (2006). "Ebriid phylogeny and the expansion of the Cercozoa". Protist. 157 (3): 279–90. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2006.03.002. PMID 16730229.
  2. ^ "Part 1- Virae, Prokarya, Protists, Fungi". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ Rees, T. (2017). "Ebriida". The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 12 January 2017.