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Cryptophyceae
Cryptophyceae
Translingual
Proper noun
Cryptophyceae
- Several biflagellate unicellular algae:
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Cryptomonada.
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Rollomonadia.
Hypernyms
- (class in Rollomonadia): Eukaryota - domain; Chromista - kingdom; Hacrobia - subkingdom; Cryptista - phylum; Rollomonadia - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (class in Cryptomonada): Chilomonadidae, Cryptomonadidae - families
- (class in Rollomonadia): Cryptomonadales, Pyrenomonadales, Tetragonidales - orders
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521