Chromulinales is an order of
Chrysophyceae
The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae or golden algae are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater. Golden algae is also commonly used to refer to a single species, ''Prymnesium parvum'', whic ...
, golden-brown
algae
Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...
or golden algae.
It was first identified and defined by
Adolf Pascher
Adolf Alois Pascher (31 May 1881 – 7 May 1945) was a Bohemian botanist and phycologist, notable for his descriptions of several new genera of algae, protists, and vascular plants.
Biography
Born in Stožec, Pascher was the son of a teacher, a ...
(1881–1945) in 1910.
Families
According to the
GBIF
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around the ...
;
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Chrysamoebaceae - (contains ''
Chrysamoeba'', ''
Chrysidiastrum'', ''
Chrysostephanosphaera'', ''
Leukochrysis'' and ''
Rhizochrysis'')
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Chrysocapsaceae - (contains ''
Chrysocapsa'', ''
Chrysocapsella'', ''
Chrysomorula'', ''
Dermatochrysis'', ''
Gloeochrysis'', ''
Naegeliella'', ''
Pascherella'', ''
Phaeaster'' and ''
Tetrasporopsis'')
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Chrysococcaceae - (contains ''
Chrysococcocystis'' )
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Chrysolepidomonadaceae - (contains ''
Chrysolepidomonas'' )
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Chrysosphaeraceae - (contains ''
Chrysosphaera'' )
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Chrysothallaceae - (contains ''
Phaeoplaca''
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Dinobryaceae
Dinobryaceae is a family of algae in the order Chromulinales comprising approximately 23 genera.
Genera
The following genera included in the family Dinobryaceae: '' Angulochrysis'', '' Arthrochrysis'', '' Arthropyxis'', '' Chrysococcus'', '' C ...
- (contains ''
Calycomonas'', ''
Chrysococcus
''Chrysococcus'' is a genus of golden algae in the family Dinobryaceae
Dinobryaceae is a family of algae in the order Chromulinales comprising approximately 23 genera.
Genera
The following genera included in the family Dinobryaceae: '' Angu ...
'', ''
Chrysolykos'', ''
Conradocystis'', ''
Dinobryon
''Dinobryon'' is a type of microscopic algae. It is one of the 22 genera in the family Dinobryaceae. ''Dinobryon'' are mixotrophs, capable of obtaining energy and carbon through photosynthesis and phagotrophy of bacteria. The genus comprises at ...
'', ''
Dinobryopsis'', ''
Epipyxis'', ''
Kephyrion'', ''
Kephyriopsis'', ''
Lepochromulina'', ''
Ochromonas
''Ochromonas'' is a genus of algae belonging to the family Chromulinaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Chlorosulfolipids, a class of biologically active compounds, was first discovered in some ''Ochromonas'' species.
Species
Acc ...
'', ''
Ollicola'', ''
Phaeosphaera'', ''
Poterioochromonas'', ''
Pseudokephyrion'', '
Sphaerobryon'', ''
Stenokalyx'', ''
Stokesiella'', ''
Stylobryon'' ''
Stylochrysalis'' and ''
Stylopyxis'')
Note; Previously included families
Chromulinaceae and
Paraphysomonadaceae have both been moved to
Ochromonadales order.
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]
Incertae sedis
Unplaced genera, includes;[
* '' Amphichrysis''
* '' Anthophysa''
* '' Chrysobotriella''
* '' Chrysoxys''
* '' Mucosphaera''
* '' Oikomonas''
* '' Pedospumella''
* '' Phaeobotrys''
* '' Synuropsis''
]
References
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Chrysophyceae
Algae orders
Heterokont orders
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