Dictyochophyceae sensu lato is a
photosynthetic
Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism's activities. Some of this chemical energy is stored in c ...
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 ...
algae.
Taxonomy
* Class Dictyochophyceae
Silva 1980 s.l.
** Subclass
Sulcophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2013
*** Order
Olisthodiscales
''Olisthodiscus'' is a genus of heterokont algae. It is the only genus in the family Olisthodiscaceae, the order Olisthodiscales, and the class Olisthodiscophyceae. After a long history of controversial classifications, in 2021 it was recognized ...
Cavalier-Smith 2013
**** Family
Olisthodiscaceae
''Olisthodiscus'' is a genus of heterokont algae. It is the only genus in the family Olisthodiscaceae, the order Olisthodiscales, and the class Olisthodiscophyceae. After a long history of controversial classifications, in 2021 it was recognized ...
Cavalier-Smith 2013
*** Order
Sulcochrysidales Cavalier-Smith 2013
**** Family
Sulcochrysidaceae Cavalier-Smith 2013
** Subclass
Alophycidae
Dictyochophyceae sensu lato is a photosynthetic lineage of heterokont algae.
Taxonomy
* Class Dictyochophyceae Silva 1980 s.l.
** Subclass Sulcophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2013
*** Order Olisthodiscales Cavalier-Smith 2013
**** Family Olisthodiscac ...
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, compo ...
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
Florenciellales is an order of Dictyochophyceae
Dictyochophyceae sensu lato is a photosynthetic lineage of heterokont algae.
Taxonomy
* Class Dictyochophyceae Silva 1980 s.l.
** Subclass Sulcophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2013
*** Order Olisthodis ...
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, compo ...
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, ''Rhizochromulina
''Rhizochromulina'' is an unusual genus of marine heterokont algae, with one species, ''Rhizocromulina marina''. They are colored amoeboids wit ...
O’Kelly & Wujek 1994
****** Family
Rhizochromulinaceae O’Kelly & Wujek 1994
***** Order
Pedinellales
Pedinellales is a group of single-celled algae found in both marine environments and freshwater.
These are found in both freshwater and marine environments, and most genera are sessile, attached by posterior stalks. The flagellum is at the ante ...
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