Phaeothamniophycidae is a sub class 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. It contains two orders, Phaeothamniales and Pleurochloridellales, and consists of species separated from

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 ...

Taxonomy

* Order Pleurochloridellales ** Family Pleurochloridellaceae *** '' Pleurochloridella'' * Order Phaeothamniales ** Family Phaeothamniaceae Stichogloeaceae ; Chrysapiaceae*** '' Apistonema'' *** '' Chrysapion'' *** '' Chrysocapsopsis'' *** '' Chrysoclonium'' *** '' Chrysodesmis'' *** '' Chrysodictyon'' *** '' Koinopodion'' *** '' Nematochrysis'' *** '' Phaeogloea'' *** '' Phaeoschizochlamys'' *** '' Phaeothamnion'' *** '' Podochrysis'' *** '' Selenophaea'' *** '' Sphaeridiothrix'' *** '' Stichogloea'' *** '' Tetrachrysis'' *** '' Tetrapion''

References

Ochrophyta Algae classes Heterokont classes {{Heterokont-stub