Synchromophyceae
Synchromophyceae is a class of photosynthetic stramenopiles. The chloroplast of the Synchromophyceae are surrounded by two membranes and arranged in a way where they share the outer pair of membranes. The entire chloroplast complex is surrounded by an additional two outer membranes.
Evolution
Synchromophyceae is a class within the Ochrophyta that contains a few genera of amoeboid organisms, such as the mixotrophic Synchromonas and the heterotrophic Chlamydomyxa and Leucomyxa. It is phylogenetically close to the classes Chrysophyceae and Picophagea, within the SII clade.Taxonomy
The class Synchromophyceae was described in 2007 to include the genus Synchroma. Since then, other closely-related organisms have been added. As of 2024, three orders are recognized, each containing one genus, and two additional incertae sedis genera.- Order Chlamydomyxales
- *Family Chlamydomyxaceae
- **Chlamydomyxa.
- Order Leucomyxales
- *Family Leucomyxaceae
- **Leucomyxa
- Order Synchromales
- *Family Synchromaceae
- **Synchroma
- Synchromophyceae incertae sedis
- *Chrysopodocystis
- *''Guanchochroma''