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WoRMS taxon details

Chromista

AphiaID

7 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:7)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Kingdom

Parent

Biota

Synonymised names

Stramenopila · unaccepted

Direct children (9)

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Phylum Bacillariophyta
Subkingdom Hacrobia
Subkingdom Harosa
Phylum Heterokontophyta
Subkingdom Chromobiota (disused)
Phylum Chrysophyta accepted as Chrysophyceae (synonym)
Subkingdom Cryptista accepted as Cryptophyta
Phylum Xanthophyta accepted as Xanthophyceae
Subkingdom Chromista incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Chromista. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=7 on 2025-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-22 08:52:10Z

created

Decock, Wim

2008-10-22 09:06:10Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Classification Issues concern whether or not Cryptista and Haptista are properly part of Chromista. Phylum Katablepharophyta has also been proposed in lieu of subphylum Leucocrypta (which has temporal priority). [details]

Unreviewed

Chromista, Fig.2