Cryptista

Cryptista

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cryptista

1. the cryptomonads etc
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the taxon Chromista. [from 1989]
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Hacrobia.[1]

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Hacrobia - subkingdom[1]

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Cryptomonada, Leucocrypta - subphyla
• (phylum in subkingdom): Palpitia, Rollomonadia - subphyla
  • Palpitea; Cryptophyceae, Goniomonadea, Leucocryptea - classes[1]
    • Palpitida, Cryptomonadales, Pyrenomonadales, Tetragonidales, Goniomonadida, Katablepharida - orders included in both higher placements

References

• Cryptista on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cryptista on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cryptophyceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cryptista placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase

1. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521