| Pavlovaceae | |
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| Pavlova sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Haptista |
| Division: | Haptophyta |
| Class: | Pavlovophyceae J. C. Green & L. K. Medlin, 2000 |
| Order: | Pavlovales J. C. Green |
| Family: | Pavlovaceae J. C. Green |
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Pavlovaceae is afamily ofhaptophytes. It is the only family in the orderPavlovales, which is the only order in the classPavlovophyceae.[1] It contains four genera,Diacronema,Exanthemachrysis,Pavlova andRebecca.[2]
Pavlovophyceae haptophytes also reportedly store photosynthetic carbon inparamylon polysaccharide granules (with a crystalline microfibrillar structure),[3] unlike thechrysolaminarin used as the polysaccharide storage form by most haptophytes.[4][5]
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