Pyramimonadales
Pyramimonas sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
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

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. 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". Adv Exp Med Biol. 979: 3–17. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54910-1_1. PMID 28429314.


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