Phaeothamniophycidae is a sub

class Class, Classes, or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used d ...

heterokont The stramenopiles, also called heterokonts, are protists distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs. In most species, the hairs are attached to flagella, in some they are attached to other areas of the cellular surface, an ...

algae Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthesis, photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular ...

. It contains two orders,

Phaeothamniales Phaeothamniales is an order of alga in the Ochrophyta Ochrophytes, also known as heterokontophytes or stramenochromes, are a phylum of algae. They are the photosynthetic stramenopiles, a group of eukaryotes, organisms with a cell nucleus, cha ...

and Pleurochloridellales, and consists of species separated from

Chrysophyceae The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae, or golden algae, are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater. Golden algae is also commonly used to refer to a single species, '' Prymnesium parvum'', wh ...

Taxonomy

* Order Pleurochloridellales ** Family Pleurochloridellaceae *** '' Pleurochloridella'' * Order

** Family Phaeothamniaceae Stichogloeaceae ; Chrysapiaceae*** '' Apistonema'' *** '' Chrysapion'' *** '' Chrysocapsopsis'' *** '' Chrysoclonium'' *** '' Chrysodesmis'' *** '' Chrysodictyon'' *** '' Koinopodion'' *** '' Nematochrysis'' *** '' Phaeogloea'' *** '' Phaeoschizochlamys'' *** '' Phaeothamnion'' *** '' Podochrysis'' *** '' Selenophaea'' *** '' Sphaeridiothrix'' *** '' Stichogloea'' *** '' Tetrachrysis'' *** '' Tetrapion''

References

Ochrophyta {{Heterokont-stub