Pelagophyceae
Pelagophyceae is a class of heterokont algae. It is the sister group of the Dictyochophyceae.
All known species are marine. They can be single-celled, palmelloid or filamentous. Some members belong to picoplankton, and some other are macroscopic attached organisms.
The class contains 13 genera, three families and two orders :
- Order Pelagomonadales Andersen & Saunders 1993
- * Family Pelagomonadaceae Andersen & Saunders 1993
- ** Genus Ankylochrysis Billard 1995
- ** Genus Aureococcus Hargraves & Sieburth 1988
- ** Genus Chrysophaeum Lewis & Bryan 1941 non Taylor 1951
- ** Genus Pelagococcus Norris 1977
- ** Genus Pelagomonas Andersen & Saunders 1993
- Order Sarcinochrysidales Gayral & Billard 1977
- * Family Chrysocystaceae Melkonian, Yoon & Andersen 2018
- ** Genus Chrysocystis Lobban, Honda & Chihara 1995
- ** Genus Chrysoreinhardia Billard 2000
- ** Genus Sungminbooa Yoon & Andersen 2018
- * Family Sarcinochrysidaceae Gayral & Billard 1977
- ** Genus Andersenia Wetherbee & Waller 2015
- ** Genus Arachnochrysis Andersen & Han 2018
- ** Genus Aureoscheda Wynne & Andersen 2014
- ** Genus Aureoumbra Stockwell et al. 1997
- ** Genus Chrysonephos Taylor 1952
- ** Genus Nematochrysopsis Billard 2000
- ** Genus Pelagospilus Andersen & Graf 2018
- ** Genus Sarcinochrysis Geitler 1930
- ** Genus Sargassococcus Andersen & Han 2018