Pelagophyceae

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Pelagophyceae is a class of heterokont algae. It is the sister group of the Dictyochophyceae.[2]

Pelagophyceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Infraphylum: Diatomista
Class: Pelagophyceae
R.A.Andersen & G.W.Saunders 1993
Orders
Synonyms
  • Pelagophycidae Andersen & Saunders 1993 ex Cavalier-Smith 2006[1]
  • Sarcinochrysidae Cavalier-Smith 1993
  • Sarcinochrysidophyceae Van Den Hoek, Mann & Jahns 1995

All known species are marine. They can be single-celled (coccoid or flagellate), palmelloid or filamentous. Some members (Pelagomonas) belong to picoplankton, and some other (Sarcinochrysis) are macroscopic attached organisms.[3]

The class contains 13 genera, 3 families and 2 orders (2017):[4][5]

It is expected that molecular studies will add more species to this list.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255 (1): 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292. PMID 28875267.
  2. ^ Bringloe TT, Starko S, Wade RM, Vieira C, Kawai H, De Clerck O, Cock JM, Coelho SM, Destombe C, Valero M, Neiva J, Pearson GA, Faugeron S, Serrão EA, Verbruggen H (2020). "Phylogeny and Evolution of the Brown Algae" (PDF). Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 39 (4): 281–321. Bibcode:2020CRvPS..39..281B. doi:10.1080/07352689.2020.1787679.
  3. ^ a b Wetherbee R.; Gornik S. G.; Grant B.; Waller R. F. (2015). "Andersenia, a genus of filamentous, sand-dwelling Pelagophyceae from southeastern Australia". Phycologia. 54 (1): 35–48. Bibcode:2015Phyco..54...35W. doi:10.2216/14-107.1.
  4. ^ "Pelagophyceae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  5. ^ Han, K.; Graf, L.; Reyes, C. P.; Melkonian, B.; Andersen, R. A.; Yoon, H. S.; Melkonian, M. (2018). "A Re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its Type Locality and the Descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov". Protist. 169 (1): 79–10. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2017.12.004.