Dictyochophyceae Explained

Dictyochophyceae sensu lato is a photosynthetic lineage of heterokont algae.

Taxonomy

• Class Dictyochophyceae Silva 1980 s.l.^{[1] [2]}
  • Subclass Sulcophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2013
    • Order Olisthodiscales Cavalier-Smith 2013
      • Family Olisthodiscaceae Cavalier-Smith 2013
    • Order Sulcochrysidales Cavalier-Smith 2013
      • Family Sulcochrysidaceae Cavalier-Smith 2013
  • Subclass Alophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2006 [Dictyochia <small>Haeckel 1894 sensu Cavalier-Smith 1993</small>]
    • Infraclass Pelagophycia Andersen & Saunders 1993 emend. 1995 stat. nov. [Pelagophyceae <small>Andersen & Saunders 1993</small>]
      • 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 (Axodines Patterson, 1994; Actinochrysea Cavalier-Smith 1995; Actinochrysophyceae Cavalier-Smith 1995; Dictyochophyceae Silva 1980 emend. Moestrup, 1995]
      • Superorder Silicoflagellata Borgert 1890 sensu Lemmermann, 1901 emend. Moestrup 1995 [Silicophycidae <small>Rothmaler 1951</small>; Silicoflagellida; Silicomastigota; Dictyochidae <small>Haeckel 1894</small>; Dictyochophycidae; Dictyochea; Dictyochophyceae <small>Silva 1980 s.s.</small>]
        • Order Florenciellales Eikrem, Edvardsen & Throndsen 2007
          • Family Florenciellaceae
        • Order Dictyochales Haeckel 1894
          • Family Dictyochaceae Lemmermann 1901
      • Superorder Abodines Patterson 2001 [Abaxodinae <small>Mikrjukov 2001</small>; Pedinellidae <small>Cavalier-Smith 1986</small>]
        • Order Rhizochromulinales O’Kelly & Wujek 1994
          • Family Rhizochromulinaceae O’Kelly & Wujek 1994
        • Order Pedinellales Zimmermann, Moestrup & Hällfors 1984 [Actinomonadineae <small>Cavalier-Smith 2006</small>; Ciliophryineae <small>Febvre-Chevalier ex Cavalier-Smith 2006</small>]
          • Family Cyrtophoraceae Pascher 1911
          • Family Pedinellaceae Pascher 1910 [Actinomonadaceae <small>Kent 1880</small>; Ciliophryidae <small>Poche, 1913</small>]

Notes and References

1. Guiry, M.D. . Guiry, G.M.. amp . 2016 . Dictyochophyceae . AlgaeBase . National University of Ireland, Galway .
2. Cavalier-Smith . Thomas . Scoble . Josephine Margaret . Phylogeny of Heterokonta: Incisomonas marina, a uniciliate gliding opalozoan related to Solenicola (Nanomonadea), and evidence that Actinophryida evolved from raphidophytes . European Journal of Protistology . 2013 . 49 . 3. 328–353 . 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002. 23219323.