IRMNG - Heterokonta

IRMNG taxon details

Heterokonta

IRMNG_ID

11904995 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11904995)

Classification

Authority

Lüther, 1899

Status

accepted

Rank

Superphylum

Parent

Halvaria

Direct children (19)

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Phylum Bigyra
Subphylum Bigyromonada
Phylum Heterokontophyta
Family Kaonashiidae Weston, Eglit & Simpson, 2023
Phylum Pseudofungi
Phylum Bacillariophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (no longer used at phylum level)
Class Bigyromonadea accepted as Developea (synonym)
Phylum Chrysophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (No longer treated as separate phylum in Ruggiero et al. (2015))
Phylum Diatomaceae accepted as Bacillariophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (obsolete name at division/phylum level)
Phylum Eustigmatophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (not accepted as phylum level)
Phylum Hyphochytriomycota accepted as Pseudofungi (No longer treated as separate phylum in Ruggiero et al. (2015))
Phylum Labyrinthista accepted as Bigyra (No longer treated as separate phylum in Ruggiero et al. (2015))
Phylum Ochrophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (non-preferred name in botanical usage)
Phylum Oomycota accepted as Pseudofungi (Pseudofungi is preferred name in Ruggiero et al., 2015)
Phylum Parmaphyta accepted as Heterokontophyta
Phylum Phaeophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (No longer treated as separate phylum in Ruggiero et al. (2015))
Phylum Raphidophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (No longer treated as separate phylum in Ruggiero et al. (2015))
Phylum Sagenista accepted as Bigyra (Phylum no longer accepted in Ruggiero et al., 2015)
Phylum Xanthophyta accepted as Heterokontophyta (No longer treated as separate phylum in Ruggiero et al. (2015))

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Original spelling: Heterokontae.

Taxonomic remark Original spelling: Heterokontae. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Heterokonta. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11904995 on 2025-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-03-17 05:11:14Z

created

Rees, Tony

2017-03-19 23:53:48Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2025-05-12 18:43:56Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Original spelling: Heterokontae. [details]

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