Dictyochophyceae sensu lato is a
photosynthetic lineage of
heterokont
Heterokonts are a group of protists (formally referred to as Heterokonta, Heterokontae or Heterokontophyta). The group is a major line of eukaryotes. Most are algae, ranging from the giant multicellular kelp to the unicellular diatoms, which a ...
algae.
Taxonomy
* Class Dictyochophyceae
Silva 1980 s.l.
** Subclass
Sulcophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2013
*** Order
Olisthodiscales Cavalier-Smith 2013
**** Family
Olisthodiscaceae Cavalier-Smith 2013
*** Order
Sulcochrysidales Cavalier-Smith 2013
**** Family
Sulcochrysidaceae Cavalier-Smith 2013
** Subclass
Alophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2006 ictyochia Haeckel 1894 sensu Cavalier-Smith 1993*** Infraclass
Pelagophycia Andersen & Saunders 1993 emend. 1995 stat. nov. elagophyceae Andersen & Saunders 1993**** Order
Pelagomonadales Andersen & Saunders 1993
***** Family
Pelagomonadaceae Andersen & Saunders 1993
**** Order
Sarcinochrysidales Gayral & Billard 1977
***** Family
Sarcinochrysidaceae Gayral & Billard 1977
*** Infraclass
Actinochrysia Cavalier-Smith 1995 stat. nov. 2006 (
Axodine
The axodines are a group of unicellular stramenopiles that includes silicoflagellate and rhizochromulinid algae, actinomonad heterotrophic flagellates and actinophryid heliozoa. Alternative classifications treat the dictyochophytes as heterokont ...
s
Patterson, 1994; Actinochrysea
Cavalier-Smith 1995;
Actinochrysophyceae
The axodines are a group of unicellular stramenopiles that includes silicoflagellate and rhizochromulinid algae, actinomonad heterotrophic flagellates and actinophryid heliozoa. Alternative classifications treat the dictyochophytes as heterokont ...
Cavalier-Smith 1995; Dictyochophyceae
Silva 1980 emend. Moestrup, 1995]
**** Superorder
Silicoflagellata
Dictyochales (Silicoflagellates, or Dictyochophyceae ''sensu stricto'') are a small group of unicellular heterokont algae, found in marine environments.
Characteristics
In one stage of their life cycle, they produce a siliceous skeleton, comp ...
Borgert 1890 sensu Lemmermann, 1901 emend. Moestrup 1995 ilicophycidae Rothmaler 1951; Silicoflagellida; Silicomastigota; Dictyochidae Haeckel 1894; Dictyochophycidae; Dictyochea; Dictyochophyceae Silva 1980 s.s.***** Order
Florenciellales Eikrem, Edvardsen & Throndsen 2007
****** Family
Florenciellaceae
***** Order
Dictyochales
Dictyochales (Silicoflagellates, or Dictyochophyceae ''sensu stricto'') are a small group of unicellular heterokont algae, found in marine environments.
Characteristics
In one stage of their life cycle, they produce a siliceous skeleton, comp ...
Haeckel 1894
****** Family
Dictyochaceae Lemmermann 1901
**** Superorder
Abodines Patterson 2001 baxodinae Mikrjukov 2001; Pedinellidae Cavalier-Smith 1986***** Order
Rhizochromulinales
Rhizochromulinales is an order of Dictyochophyceae. The order includes the genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biolo ...
O’Kelly & Wujek 1994
****** Family
Rhizochromulinaceae O’Kelly & Wujek 1994
***** Order
Pedinellales Zimmermann, Moestrup & Hällfors 1984 ctinomonadineae Cavalier-Smith 2006; Ciliophryineae Febvre-Chevalier ex Cavalier-Smith 2006****** Family
Cyrtophoraceae Pascher 1911
****** Family
Pedinellaceae Pascher 1910 ctinomonadaceae Kent 1880; Ciliophryidae Poche, 1913
References
External links
{{Taxonbar, from=Q136058
Heterokont classes