Porphyridiales

Porphyridiales
Systematics
without rank:	Diaphoreticks
without rank:	Archaeplastida
Department :	Red algae (Rhodophyta)
Subdivision :	Rhodophytina
Class :	Porphyridiophyceae
Order :	Porphyridiales
Scientific name of the class
	Porphyridiophyceae
	M. Shameel (2001)
Scientific name of the order
	Porphyridiales
	Kylin (1937)

The Porphyridiales are an order of the red algae . They are single-celled organisms , but often form thread-like colonies that are held together by their slimy, gelatinous shells. The order currently (July 2018) comprises 15 species, including the purple alga .

Systematics

The order Porphyridiales was established in 1937 by Johan Harald Kylin . It is divided into two families :

Family Phragmonemataceae , with 5 species in the genera :
- Glauconema , with the only species Glauconema ramosum
- Goniotrichiopsis , with two species
- Kneuckeria , with the only type of Kneuckeria pulchra
- Phragmonema , with the only species Phragmonema sordidum
Family Porphyridiaceae , with 10 species in the genera:
- Erythrolobus , with three kinds
- Flintiella , with the only species Flintiella sanguinaria
- Porphyridium with four species including
  - Purple red alga ( Porphyridium purpureum )
- Rhodoplax , with the only species Rhodoplax schinzii
- Timspurckia , with the only species Timspurckia oligopyrenoides

literature

Robert Edward Lee: Phycology . 5th edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2018, pp. 105-107.
Lexicon of Biology : Porphyridiales . Spectrum, Heidelberg 1999.
Mitsunobu Kamiya, Sandra C. Lindstrom, Takeshi Nakayama, Akiko Yokoyama, Showe-Mei Lin, Michael D. Guiry, Carlos Frederico D. Gurgel, John Marinus Huisman, Taiju Kitayama, Masahiro Suzuki, Tae Oh Cho, Wolfgang Frey: Rhodophyta. In: W, Frey (Ed.): Syllabus of Plant Families , 13th edition. Part 2/2: Photoautotrophic Eukaryotic Algae. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers. ISBN 978-3-443-01094-2 . 2017. Pages 21–22. (Systematics)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b AlgaeBase: Order Porphyridiales , accessed on July 26, 2018.

[Algaebase-1] AlgaeBase: Order Porphyridiales , accessed on July 26, 2018.