Pyramimonadales

Pyramimonadales
Pyramimonas sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Pyramimonadophyceae
Order:	Pyramimonadales Chadefaud [1]
Families
Polyblepharidaceae Dangeard 1888 Pterospermataceae Lohmann 1904 Pyramimonadaceae Korshikov 1938

Pyramimonadales are an order of green algae in the Chlorophyta. ^[2] The chloroplasts of phototrophic euglenids probably came from endosymbiosis with a member of this order. ^[3]

Taxonomy

• Family Polyblepharidaceae Dangeard 1888
  • Genus Amphoraemonas Szabados 1948
  • Genus ChlorasterEhrenberg 1848 non Haworth 1824
  • Genus Gyromitus Skuja 1939
  • Genus Korschikoffia Pascher 1927
  • Genus Polyblepharides Dangeard 1888
  • Genus Printziella Skvortzov 1958
  • Genus Stephanoptera Dangeard 1910
  • Genus Sycamina van Tieghem 1880
• Family Pterospermataceae Lohmann 1904
  • Genus Polyasterias Meunier 1910
  • Genus Pterosperma Pouchet 1893
• Family Pyramimonadaceae Korshikov 1938 [Halosphaeraceae Haeckel 1894]
  • Genus Angulomonas Skvortzov 1968
  • Genus Coccopterum Silva 1970
  • Genus Cymbomonas Schiller 1913
  • Genus Halosphaera Schmitz 1879
  • Genus Kuzminia Skvortzov 1958
  • Genus Pocillomonas Steinecke 1926
  • Genus Prasinochloris Belcher 1966
  • Genus Protoaceromonas Skvortzov 1968
  • Genus Protochroomonas Skvortzov 1968
  • Genus Pyramimonas Schmarda 1849
  • Genus Tasmanites E.T.Newton
  • Genus Trichloridella Silva 1970

References

1. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). "Class: Pyramimonadophyceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 Worldwide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
2. See the NCBI webpage on Pyramimonadales. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
3. Zakryś, B; Milanowski, R; Karnkowska, A (2017). "Evolutionary Origin of Euglena". Euglena: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology. Adv Exp Med Biol. Vol. 979. pp. 3–17. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54910-1_1. ISBN   978-3-319-54908-8. PMID   28429314.