Prymnesiophyceae

Class of algae

Prymnesiophyceae
Coccolithus pelagicus
(Coccolithales, fam. Coccolithaceae)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Haptophyta
Class:
Prymnesiophyceae s.s.

Casper, 1972, ex Hibberd, 1976
Orders
  • Coccolithales
  • Coccosphaerales
  • Isochrysidales
  • Phaeocystales
  • Prymnesiales
  • Syracosphaerales
  • Zygodiscales
Synonyms
  • Coccolithophyceae Rothmaler, 1951
  • Haptophyceae s.s. Christensen, 1962 ex Silva, 1980
  • Patelliferea Cavalier-Smith, 1993

Prymnesiophyceae is a haptophyte class.[1] Although it was originally described by Casper in 1972, it did not receive a Latin diagnosis (a requirement for valid publication under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) until Hibberd provided one in 1976.[2]

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References

Wikispecies has information related to Prymnesiophyceae.
  1. ^ Lewis, Jane; Brodie, Juliet (2007). Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algae systematics. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-8493-7989-X.
  2. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Prymnesiophyceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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Eukaryota: Hacrobia
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Haptophyta
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  • Rappemonadaceae
Pavlovophyceae
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Prymnesiophyceae
  • Alisphaeraceae
  • Braarudosphaeraceae
  • Calyptrosphaeraceae
  • Ceratolithaceae
  • coccolithophores
  • Papposphaeraceae
  • Umbellosphaeraceae
Phaeocystales
  • Phaeocystaceae
Prymnesiophycidae
Prymnesiales
Calcihaptophycidae
Coccolithales
  • Calcidiscaceae
  • Coccolithaceae
  • Hymenomonadaceae
  • Reticulosphaeraceae
  • Pleurochrysidaceae
Isochrysidales
Syracosphaerales
Zygodiscales
  • Helicosphaeraceae
  • Pontosphaeraceae
  • †Zygodiscaceae
Taxon identifiers
Prymnesiophyceae
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