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Haptophyte
Type of algae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophyta, Haptophytina or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae.
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Coccolithophore (Coccolithus pelagicus) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Phylum: | Haptista |
Subphylum: | Haptophytina Hibberd, 1976 stat. nov. Cavalier-Smith, 2015[1] |
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The names Haptophyceae or Prymnesiophyceae are sometimes used instead.[2][3][4] This ending implies classification at the class rank rather than as a division. Although the phylogenetics of this group has become much better understood in recent years, there remains some dispute over which rank is most appropriate.