Haptophyte

Haptophytes
Coccolithophore (Coccolithus pelagicus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Phylum: Haptista
Subphylum: Haptophytina
Hibberd, 1976 stat. nov. Cavalier-Smith, 2015[1]
Classes & orders
Synonyms
  • Prymnesiophyta Green & Jordan, 1994
  • Prymnesiophyceae s.l. Casper, 1972 ex Hibberd, 1976
  • Haptophyceae s.l. Christensen, 1962 ex Silva, 1980
  • Haptophyta Hibberd, 1976

The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophyta, Haptophytina or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae.

The names Haptophyceae or Prymnesiophyceae are sometimes used instead.[2][3][4] This ending implies classification at the class rank rather than as a division. Although the phylogenetics of this group has become much better understood in recent years, there remains some dispute over which rank is most appropriate.

  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. S2CID 19939172.
  2. ^ "Haptophyta". NCBI taxonomy database. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. ^ Satoh M, Iwamoto K, Suzuki I, Shiraiwa Y (2009). "Cold stress stimulates intracellular calcification by the coccolithophore, Emiliania huxleyi (Haptophyceae) under phosphate-deficient conditions". Marine Biotechnology. 11 (3): 327–33. doi:10.1007/s10126-008-9147-0. hdl:2241/104412. PMID 18830665. S2CID 18014503.
  4. ^ "ITIS Standard Report". Retrieved 19 July 2014.