Cryptophyceae

Translingual

Etymology

crypto- +‎ -phyceae

Proper noun

Cryptophyceae

Several biflagellate unicellular algae; cryptophytes
1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Cryptomonada.
2. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Rollomonadia.[1]

Hypernyms

(class in Rollomonadia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Hacrobia - subkingdom; Cryptista - phylum; Rollomonadia - subphylum[1]

Hyponyms

(class in Cryptomonada): Chilomonadidae, Cryptomonadidae - families
(class in Rollomonadia): Cryptomonadales, Pyrenomonadales, Tetragonidales - orders[1]

References

Cryptophyceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cryptophyceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cryptophyceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cryptophyceae at the Tree of Life Web Project
Cryptophyceae placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase

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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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