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Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyceae
Translingual
Proper noun
Phaeophyceae
- The brown algae
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Heterokontophyta.
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Ochrophyta.[1]
Hypernyms
- (class in Ochrophyta): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Heterokonta - superphylum; Ochrophyta - phylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (class in Heterokontophyta): Ascoseirales, Choristocarpales, Cutleriales, Desmarestiales, Dictyotales, Ectocarpales, Fucales, Ishigeales, Laminariales, Ralfsiales, Scytothamnales, Sphacelariales, Sporochnales, Syringodermatales, Tilopteridales - orders
- (class in Ochrophyta): Dictypophycidae, Discosporangiophycidae, Fucophycidae, Ishigeophycidae - subclasses
References
- 1 2 3 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