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Pyramimonadales

Pyramimonadales are an order of green algae in the Chlorophyta, the only order in the class Pyramimonadophyceae. The chloroplasts of phototrophic euglenids probably came from endosymbiosis with a member of this order.

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Pyramimonadales
Pyramimonas sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Pyramimonadophyceae
Moestrup & Daugbjerg
Order: Pyramimonadales
Chadefaud1
Families
  • Polyblepharidaceae Dangeard 1888
  • Pterospermataceae Lohmann 1904
  • Pyramimonadaceae Korshikov 1938

Pyramimonadales are an order of green algae in the Chlorophyta,2 the only order in the class Pyramimonadophyceae.3 The chloroplasts of phototrophic euglenids probably came from endosymbiosis with a member of this order.4

Taxonomy

  • Family Polyblepharidaceae Dangeard 1888
    • Genus Amphoraemonas Szabados 1948
    • Genus Chloraster Ehrenberg 1848 non Haworth 1824
    • Genus Gyromitus Skuja 1939
    • Genus Korschikoffia Pascher 1927
    • Genus Polyblepharides Dangeard 1888
    • Genus Printziella Skvortzov 1958
    • Genus Stephanoptera Dangeard 1910
    • Genus Sycamina van Tieghem 1880
  • Family Pterospermataceae Lohmann 1904
    • Genus Polyasterias Meunier 1910
    • Genus Pterosperma Pouchet 1893
  • Family Pyramimonadaceae Korshikov 1938 [Halosphaeraceae Haeckel 1894]
    • Genus Angulomonas Skvortzov 1968
    • Genus Coccopterum Silva 1970
    • Genus Cymbomonas Schiller 1913
    • Genus Halosphaera Schmitz 1879
    • Genus Kuzminia Skvortzov 1958
    • Genus Pocillomonas Steinecke 1926
    • Genus Prasinochloris Belcher 1966
    • Genus Protoaceromonas Skvortzov 1968
    • Genus Protochroomonas Skvortzov 1968
    • Genus Pyramimonas Schmarda 1849
    • Genus Tasmanites E.T.Newton
    • Genus Trichloridella Silva 1970
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References

  1. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). "Class: Pyramimonadophyceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 Worldwide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Pyramimonadales. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pyramimonadophyceae". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
  4. Zakryś, B; Milanowski, R; Karnkowska, A (2017). "Evolutionary Origin of Euglena". Euglena: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology. Adv Exp Med Biol. Vol. 979. pp. 3–17. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54910-1_1. ISBN 978-3-319-54908-8. PMID 28429314.