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'', wh ...
, golden-brown
algae
Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular ...
or golden algae.
It was first identified and defined by
Adolf Pascher (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'')
*
Chrysocapsaceae - (contains ''
Chrysocapsa'', ''
Chrysocapsella'', ''
Chrysomorula'', ''
Dermatochrysis'', ''
Gloeochrysis'', ''
Naegeliella'', ''
Pascherella'', ''
Phaeaster'' and ''
Tetrasporopsis'')
*
Chrysococcaceae - (contains ''
Chrysococcocystis'' )
*
Chrysolepidomonadaceae - (contains ''
Chrysolepidomonas'' )
*
Chrysosphaeraceae - (contains ''
Chrysosphaera'' )
*
Chrysothallaceae - (contains ''
Phaeoplaca''
*
Dinobryaceae - (contains ''
Calycomonas'', ''
Chrysococcus'', ''
Chrysolykos'', ''
Conradocystis'', ''
Dinobryon'', ''
Dinobryopsis'', ''
Epipyxis'', ''
Kephyrion'', ''
Kephyriopsis'', ''
Lepochromulina'', ''
Ochromonas'', ''
Ollicola'', ''
Phaeosphaera'', ''
Poterioochromonas'', ''
Pseudokephyrion'', ''
Sphaerobryon'', ''
Stenokalyx'', ''
Stokesiella'', ''
Stylobryon'', ''
Stylochrysalis'' and ''
Stylopyxis'')
Note; Previously included families
Chromulinaceae and
Paraphysomonadaceae have both been moved to
Ochromonadales
Ochromonadales is an order of single-celled algae belonging to the class Chrysophyceae, also known as golden algae. Initially it contained numerous groups of flagellates that were not closely related. During the late 20th century, advancements i ...
order.
[
]
Incertae sedis
Unplaced genera, includes;[
* '' Amphichrysis''
* '' Anthophysa''
* '' Chrysobotriella''
* '' Chrysoxys''
* '' Mucosphaera''
* '' Oikomonas''
* '' Pedospumella''
* '' Phaeobotrys''
* '' Synuropsis''
]
References
*
Chrysophyceae
Golden algae orders
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