Pelagophycidae

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Pelagophycidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Dictyochophyceae
Subclass: Pelagophycidae
R.A.Andersen & G.W.Saunders 1993 ex Cavalier-Smith 2006[1]
Orders
Synonyms
  • Pelagophyceae Andersen & Saunders 1993
  • Sarcinochrysidae Cavalier-Smith 1993
  • Sarcinochrysidophyceae Van Den Hoek, Mann & Jahns 1995

Pelagophycidae is a subclass of heterokont algae.It is the sister group of the axodines.[2] Together, they form the class Dictyochophyceae.[1]

All known species are marine. They can be single-celled (coccoid or flagellate), palmelloid or filamentous. Some members (Pelagomonas) belong to picoplankton, and some other (Sarcinochrysis) are macroscopic attached organisms.[2]

The subclass contains 13 genera, 3 families and 2 orders (2017):[3][4]

It is expected that molecular studies will add more species to this list.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255 (1): 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292. PMID 28875267.
  2. ^ a b c Wetherbee R.; Gornik S. G.; Grant B.; Waller R. F. (2015). "Andersenia, a genus of filamentous, sand-dwelling Pelagophyceae from southeastern Australia". Phycologia. 54 (1): 35–48. Bibcode:2015Phyco..54...35W. doi:10.2216/14-107.1.
  3. ^ "Pelagophyceae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  4. ^ Han, K.; Graf, L.; Reyes, C. P.; Melkonian, B.; Andersen, R. A.; Yoon, H. S.; Melkonian, M. (2018). "A Re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its Type Locality and the Descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov". Protist. 169 (1): 79–10. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2017.12.004.