Ochrophyte
The ochrophytes (subphylum Ochrophytina) is a group of mostly photosynthetic stramenopiles (heterokonts).[5][6] Their plastid is of red algal origin.[7]
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Dense kelp forest with understory at Partridge Point near Dave's Caves, Cape Peninsula | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina Cavalier-Smith, 1995[1] |
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The classification of the group is still being worked out. Originally, the ochrophytes were regarded as a phylum denominated Ochrophyta. Some authors (e.g., Cavalier-Smith) divided it into two subphyla, Phaeista Cavalier-Smith 1995 (comprising Hypogyristea and Chrysista in some classifications, or Limnista and Marista in others) and Khakista Cavalier-Smith, 2000 (comprising Bolidomonas and diatoms).[8] Others prefer not to use the subphyla, listing only lower taxa (e.g., Reviers, 2002, Guiry & Guiry, 2014).
However, it is currently regarded as a subphylum inside of the phylum Gyrista, along with Pseudofungi and Bigyromonada. It contains two infraphyla: Diatomista (containing diatoms and related groups) and Chrysista (containing brown and golden algae and related groups).[9]
Phylogeny
The cladogram below shows the evolutionary relationships between all ochrophyte classes. It is based on the latest phylogenetic analyses:[10][9][11][12]
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Classification
Below is the present classification of ochrophytes,[13][9] with the inclusion of three new classes of algae described in 2019,[14] 2020[11] and 2021.[12]
- Infraphylum Chrysista Cavalier-Smith 1991
- Superclass Limnistia Cavalier-Smith 1996 emend. 2006
- Class Eustigmatophyceae Hibberd & Leedale 1971
- Class Chrysomonadea Saville-Kent 1881 stat. nov. Pascher 1910 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2017 [=Chrysophyceae Pascher 1914]
- Class Picophagea Cavalier-Smith 2006 emend. 2017 [=Synchromophyceae Horn et al. 2007]
- Superclass Raphidoistia Cavalier-Smith 1986 orth. mut. 2006
- Class Raphidomonadea Chadefaud ex Silva 1980
- Subclass Raphidophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Subclass Raphopoda Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Class Raphidomonadea Chadefaud ex Silva 1980
- Superclass Fucistia Cavalier-Smith 1995
- Class Aurophyceae Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Subclass Aurearenophycidae Kai, Yoshii, Nakayama & Inouye 2008 (as Aurearenophyceae)[15] stat. nov. Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Subclass Phaeothamniophycidae Andersen & Bailey 1998 (as Phaeothamniophyceae)[16] stat. nov. Cavalier-Smith 2006[17]
- Class Chrysomerophyceae Cavalier-Smith 1995
- Class Chrysoparadoxophyceae Wetherbee et al. 2019[14]
- Class Phaeosacciophyceae R.A.Andersen, L.Graf & H.S.Yoon 2020[11]
- Class Schizocladiophyceae Henry, Okuda & Kawai 2003[18]
- Class Phaeophyceae Kjellman 1891 [=Fucophyceae Warming 1884; Melanophyceae Rabenhorst 1863] (“brown algae”)
- Subclass Discosporangiophycidae
- Subclass Ishigeophycidae Silberfeld, F. Rousseau & Reviers 2014
- Subclass Dictyotophycidae Silberfeld, F. Rousseau & Reviers 2014
- Subclass Fucophycidae Cavalier-Smith 1986
- Class Xanthophyceae Allorge ex Fritsch 1935 [=Tribophyceae Hibberd 1981;[19] Heterokontae Luther 1899] (“yellow-green algae”)
- Class Aurophyceae Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Superclass Limnistia Cavalier-Smith 1996 emend. 2006
- Infraphylum Diatomista Derelle et al. ex Cavalier-Smith 2017
- Superclass Hypogyrista Cavalier-Smith 1995 stat. nov. 2006
- Class Dictyochophyceae Silva 1980 [=Dictyochia Haeckel 1894; Alophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2006]
- Subclass Pedinellia Cavalier-Smith 1986 stat. nov. 2017 [=Actinochrysophyceae Cavalier-Smith 1995] (“axodines”)
- Subclass Pelagophycidae Andersen & Saunders 1993 ex Cavalier-Smith 2006 [=Pelagophyceae Andersen & Saunders 1993]
- ?Subclass Sulcophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2013[lower-alpha 1]
- Class Pinguiophyceae Kawachi et al. 2002
- Class Dictyochophyceae Silva 1980 [=Dictyochia Haeckel 1894; Alophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2006]
- Superclass Khakista Cavalier-Smith 2000 stat. nov. 2017[9]
- Class Bolidophyceae Guillou & Chretiennot-Dinet 1999
- Class Diatomeae Dumortier 1821 [=Bacillariae Haeckel 1878; Bacillariophyceae Dangeard 1933]
- Subclass Corethrophycidae Round & Crawford 1990
- Subclass Rhizosoleniophycidae Round & Crawford 1990
- Subclass Eucentricophycidae Cavalier-Smith 2000
- Subclass Bacillariophycidae [=Pennatia Pennatia Schütt 1896; =Pennatophycidae]
- Superclass Hypogyrista Cavalier-Smith 1995 stat. nov. 2006
- Ochrophytina incertae sedis
- Class Olisthodiscophyceae Barcytė, Eikrem & M. Eliáš 2021[12]
Notes
- Cavalier-Smith suggested that Sulcochrysis is possibly related to Olisthodiscus, and grouped both genera within this subclass.[20][9] However, a study in 2021 reveals that Olisthodiscales is part of a new class Olisthodiscophyceae, which includes only the genus Olisthodiscus. The position of the genus Sulcochrysis remains uncertain due to a lack of DNA sequences.[12]
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