Rhodophyta

Rhodophyta

Translingual

Iridaea cordata
(subphylum Eurhodophytina, class Florideophyceae)

Etymology

From rhodo- (“red”) +‎ -ophyta.

Proper noun

Rhodophyta

1. The red algae
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Protista.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Plantae.[1]

Hypernyms

• (phylum in Plantae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Biliphyta - subkingdom[1]

Hyponyms

• (phylum in Plantae): Cyanidiophytina, Eurhodophytina, Metarhodophytina, Rhodellophytina (subphyla)
  • Cyanidiophyceae; Bangiophyceae, Floridophyceae; Compsopogonophyceae; Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae, Stylonematophyceae (classes)[1]

Coordinate terms

• (phylum in Biliphyta): Glaucophyta[1]

References

• Red algae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhodophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhodophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhodophyta at World Register of Marine Species
• Rhodophyta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Rhodophyta at Encyclopedia of Life
• Rhodophyta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Rhodophyta placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
• Rhodophyta at the Tree of Life Web Project

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