Synchromophyceae | |
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Chlamydomyxa montana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Sar |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
Clade: | Chrysista |
Class: | Synchromophyceae S.Horn & C.Wilhelm 2007 [1] |
Orders [2] | |
Synchromophyceae is a class of photosynthetic stramenopiles. The chloroplast of the Synchromophyceae are surrounded by two membranes and arranged in a way where they share the outer pair of membranes. The entire chloroplast complex is surrounded by an additional two outer membranes. [1]
Synchromophyceae is a class within the Ochrophyta that contains a few genera of amoeboid organisms, such as the mixotrophic Synchromonas and the heterotrophic Chlamydomyxa and Leucomyxa . [3] It is phylogenetically close to the classes Chrysophyceae and Picophagea, within the SII clade. [4] [2]
Ochrophyta |
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The class Synchromophyceae was described in 2007 to include the genus Synchroma . [1] Since then, other closely-related organisms have been added. As of 2024, three orders are recognized, each containing one genus, and two additional incertae sedis genera. [2]