Chlorophytina

Chlorophytina
Composite image to illustrate the diversity of Chlorophytina. Top left: Ulva . Top right: Caulerpa . Bottom left: Bornetella . Bottom right: Dictyosphaeria .
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Subphylum:	Chlorophytina
Classes [1]
Chlorodendrophyceae Massjuk 2006 Chlorophyceae Wille Trebouxiophyceae Friedl 1995 Ulvophyceae K.R.Mattox & K.D.Stewart 1984 Pedinophyceae

Chlorophytina is a subphylum within Chlorophyta and includes five classes. ^{[2] [3]} It contains the more well-known green algae and is characterized by the presence of phycoplasts.

Taxonomy

Below is a consensus reconstruction of green algal relationships, mainly based on molecular data. Molecular phylogenies do not always agree on the position of species within Pedinophyceae. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Viridiplantae	Chlorophyta Chlorophytina Ulvophyceae Mattox & Stewart 1984 Chlorophyceae Christensen 1994 Trebouxiophyceae Friedl 1995 Chlorodendrophyceae Massjuk 2006 Pedinophyceae Moestrup 1991 Chloropicophyceae Picocystis Pycnococcaceae Nephroselmidophyceae Mamiellophyceae Marin & Melkonian 2010 Pyramimonadales Streptophyta = Charophyta (incl. Embryophyta) Prasinodermophyta
(green algae, incl.  Embryophyta)

References

1. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=142048  ; searched on 25 April 2018.
2. Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998-08-01). "A revised six-kingdom system of life". Biological Reviews. 73 (3): 203–266. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x. ISSN   1469-185X. PMID   9809012. S2CID   6557779.
3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chlorophytina". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
4. Leliaert, Frederik; Tronholm, Ana; Lemieux, Claude; Turmel, Monique; DePriest, Michael S.; Bhattacharya, Debashish; Karol, Kenneth G.; Fredericq, Suzanne; Zechman, Frederick W. (2016-05-09). "Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov". Scientific Reports. 6: 25367. doi:10.1038/srep25367. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   4860620 . PMID   27157793.
5. Marin, Birger (2012-09-01). "Nested in the Chlorellales or Independent Class? Phylogeny and Classification of the Pedinophyceae (Viridiplantae) Revealed by Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses of Complete Nuclear and Plastid-encoded rRNA Operons". Protist. 163 (5): 778–805. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.11.004. ISSN   1434-4610.
6. Li L, Wang S, Wang H, Sahu SK, Marin B, Li H, Xu Y, Liang H, Li Z, Chen S, Reder T, Çebi Z, Wittek S, Petersen M, Melkonian B, Du H, Yang H, Wang J, Wong GK, Xu X, Liu X, van de Peer Y, Melkonian M (22 June 2020). "The genome of Prasinoderma coloniale unveils the existence of a third phylum within green plants". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4 (9): 1220–1231. Bibcode:2020NatEE...4.1220L. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1221-7 . PMC   7455551 . PMID   32572216.