3
General Overview
TABLE 1.1
Classification Scheme of the Different Algal Groups
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Infrakingdom
Phylum
Class
Representative
Image
Prokaryota
Bacteria
Negibacteria
Cyanobacteria
Cyanophyceae
Arthrospira
1.1a
Eukaryota
Plantae
Biliphyta
Glaucophyta
Glaucophyceae
Cyanophora
1.1b
Rhodophyta
Bangiophyceae
Porphyra
1.1c
Compsopogonophyceae
Erythrocladia
1.1d
Cyanidiophyceae
Cyanodioschyzon
1.1e
Florideophyceae
Phyllophora
1.1f
Porphyridiophyceae
Porphyridium
1.1g
Rhodellophyceae
Glaucosphaera
1.1h
Stylonematophyceae
Stylonema
1.1i
Viridiplantae
Chlorophyta
Chlorophyta
Prasinophytes
Pyramimonas
1.1l
Mamiellophyceae
Crustomastix
1.1m
Nephroselmidophyceae
Nephroselmis
1.1n
Pedinophyceae
Pedinomonas
1.1o
Chlorodendrophyceae
Tetraselmis
1.1p
Chlorophyceae
Scenedesmus
1.1q
Ulvophyceae
Ulva
1.1r
Trebouxiophyceae
Chlorella
1.1s
Dasycladophyceae
Acetabularia
1.1t
Palmophyllales
Palmophyllum
1.1u
Streptophyta
Charophyta
Mesostigmatophyceae
Mesostigma
1.1v
Chlorokybophyceae
Chlorokybus
1.1z
Klebsormidiophyceae
Klebsormidium
1.1aa
Charophyceae
Nitella
1.1ab
Coleochaetophyceae
Coleochaete
1.1ac
Zygnematophyceae
Cosmarium
1.1ad
Chromista
Hacrobia
Haptophyta
Coccolithophyceae
(Prymnesiophyceae)
Umbellosphaera
1.1ae
Haptophyta incertae sedis
Coronocyclus
1.1af
Pavlovophyceae
Pavlova
1.1ag
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