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RAS taxon details

Cryptophyta

AphiaID

17638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:17638)

Classification

Authority

Cavalier-Smith, 1986

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Hacrobia

Synonymised names

Cryptista · unaccepted

Direct children (5)

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Class Cryptophyceae
Class Katablepharidophyceae
Class Telonemea
Subphylum Cryptomonada (disused)
Class Cryptophyta incertae sedis (temporary name)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Cryptophyta. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=17638 on 2026-08-04

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Cryptophyta. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=17638 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2005-08-04 10:39:12Z

changed

Claus, Simon

2008-10-22 09:06:10Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2008-11-05 16:13:03Z

checked

db_admin

2010-10-29 09:16:31Z

changed

db_admin

2010-10-29 13:59:50Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

2011-10-17 13:02:04Z

changed

Gordon, Dennis

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basis of record Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2026). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

additional source M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Genbank