Prasinophyceae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Chlorophyta
Classis: Prasinophyceae
Ordo: Chlorodendrales - Dunalliellales - Halosphaerales - Mamiellales

Name

Prasinophyceae T.Christensen, 1962 ex P.C.Silva, 1980

Synonyms

Prasinates Chadefaud, 1941
Prasinophycées Chadefaud, 1947
Prasinophycinées Chadefaud, 1960
Prasinophytina Round, 1963; Silva in Mitsui & Black, 1982; Cavalier-Smith in Brodie & Lewis, 2007
Prasinophyta Round, 1971
Prasinomonadida Levine et al., 1980 [?]
Micromonadophyceae Mattox & Stewart, 1984
Prasinophytae Cavalier-Smith, 1998

Classifications
Chadefaud & Emberger (1960)

Chadefaud, M. & Emberger, L. (éds.). Traité de botanique systématique. Masson et Cie., Paris.

Tome I. Les végétaux non vasculaires (Cryptogamie), par M. Chadefaud, 1960, 1 vol. de 1016 pages, [1]
Tome II. Les végétaux vasculaires, par L. Emberger, 1960, deux fascicules, 1540 pages, [2], [3]

Monde vivant

Eucaryotes
Algues Eucaryotes (= Phycophytes)
Chlorophycophytes (= Algues vertes, stricto sensu)
Euchlorophycées (= Chlorophycées typiques) [p. 331, 336]
Prasinophycinées
Prasinococcales (Halosphaera viridis)
Prasinovolvocales

Christensen (1962)

Christensen, T. 1962. Alger. In: Böcher, T.W., Lange, M. & Sørensen, T. (eds.) Botanik. Bind II. Systematisk botanik. Nr. 2. pp. [1]–178. København: I kommission hos Munksgaard. Reference page.

"Alger"

Eukaryota
Contophora
Chlorophyta
Euglenophyceae
Loxophyceae
Prasinophyceae
Chlorophyceae

Round (1963)

Round, F.E. (1963). The taxonomy of the Chlorophyta. British Phycological Bulletin, 2 (4): 224-235. [4].

Eucaryota

Contophora
Chlorophyta
Euglenophytina
Prasinophytina
Charophytina
Chlorophytina

Round (1971)

Round, F.E. (1971). The taxonomy of the Chlorophyta, 2. Brit. phycol. J. 6 (2): 235–264, [5].

"green algae"
Euglenophyta
Prasinophyta
Charophyta
Chlorophyta

Levine et al. (1980)

From N. D. Levine; J. O. Corliss; F. E. G. Cox; G. Deroux; J. Grain; B. M. Honigberg; G. F. Leedale; A. R. Loeblich, III; J. Lom; D. Lynn; E. G. Merinfeld; F. C. Page; G. Poljansky; V. Sprague; J. Vavra; and F. G. Wallace (1980). A newly revised classification of the Protozoa. J. Protozool., 27:37–58, [6].

Subkingdom Protozoa

Phylum Sarcomastigophora
Subphylum Mastigophora
Class Phytomastigophorea
Order 9. Prasinomonadida

Silva (1980)

Silva, P.C. 1980. Names of classes and families of living algae: with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Regnum Vegetabile 103. 156 pp. ISBN 90-313-0410-7. Reference page.

"Algae"

Class Prasinophyceae

Ettl (1983)

Ettl, Hanus, 1983. Chlorophyta I: Phytomonadina. In: Ettl, H., Gerloff, J., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. (eds.), Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Band 9. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer Verlag. 807 p., [7], [8].

[See Algae]

Chlorophyta
"Phytomonadina"
Prasinophyceae
Ordnung Polyblepharidales
Ordnung Halosphaerales
Ordnung Tetraselmidales

John O. Corliss (1984)

From The kingdom Protista and its 45 phyla

In Kingdom Protista, Assemblage "Chlorobionts"
Phylum Prasinophyta Christensen, 1962

Class Prasinophyceae T. Christensen, 1962 ex Moestrup & Throndsen, 1988

Mattox & Stewart (1984)

Mattox, K. R. & Stewart, K. D. 1984. Classification of the green algae: a concept based on comparative cytology. Pp. 29‐72, In Irvine, D. E. G. & John, D. M. (eds.), The systematics of Green Algae. The Systematics Association, Special Vol. 27, Academic Press, London.

Chlorophyta
Micromonadophyceae Mattox & Stewart [similar to Prasinophyceae; Tetraselmidiales transferred to Pleurastrophyceae]
Charophyceae Rabenhorst
Ulvophyceae Mattox & Stewart
Pleurastrophyceae Mattox & Stewart
Chlorophyceae Wille in Warming

Melkonian in Margulis et al. (1990)

Melkonian, M., 1990. 32a. Phylum Chlorophyta, Class Prasinophyceae. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 600-607. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [9].

Kingdom Protoctista

Section IV: Phyla with flagellated stages and complex sexual cycles
Phylum 32. Chlorophyta
Class Prasinophyceae

van den Hoek, Mann and Jahns (1995)

van den Hoek, C., Mann, D. G., & Jahns, H. M. (1995): Algae. An Introduction to Phycology. 1st ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, [10].

"Algae"

Division Chlorophyta
Class Prasinophyceae (orders Mamiellales, Pseudocourfeldiales, Pyramimonadales, Chlorodendrales)

Cavalier-Smith (1998)

From A revised six-kingdom system of life, [11].

Empire or Superkingdom Eukaryota

Kingdom Plantae Haeckel 1866 em. Cavalier-Smith 1981
Subkingdom 2. Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith 1981
Infrakingdom 1. Chlorophyta Cavalier-Smith 1993
Phylum Chlorophyta auct.
Infraphylum 1. Prasinophytae infraphyl. nov

Moestrup in Lee et al. (2000)

Moestrup, Ø., 2000. Class Prasinophyceae T. Christensen ex P.C. Silva, 1980. In: Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. & Bradbury, P. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Society of Protozoologists/Allen Press: Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 1253-1268, [12]. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [13].

In “protozoa”, “flagellated protists”

Class Prasinophyceae T. Christensen ex P.C. Silva, 1980 (= Micromonadophyceae; = Prasinomonadida)
Genus †Tasmanites Newton, 1875 [see other 60 genera in Tappan (1980)]
Order Pyramimonadales Chadefaud, 1950
Family Halosphaeraceae Haeckel, 1894
Genus Cymbomonas Schiller, 1913
Genus Halosphaera Schmitz, 1879
Genus Pachysphaera Ostenfeld, in Knudsen & Ostenfeld, 1899
Genus Pterosperma Pouchet, 1893
Genus Pyramimonas Schmarda, 1850
?Genus Prasinochloris Belcher, 1966
Family Mesostigmataceae Fott ex Moestrup & Throndsen
Genus Mesostigma Lauterborn, 1894
Order Mamiellales Moestrup, 1984
Family Mamiellaceae Moestrup, 1984
Genus Bathycoccus Eikrem & Throndsen, 1990
Genus Mamiella Moestrup, 1984
Genus Dolichomastix Manton, 1977
Genus Mantoniella Desikachary, 1972
Family Micromonadaceae
Genus Micromonas Manton & Parke, 1960
Order Chlorodendrales Fritsch, 1917
Family Chlorodendraceae Oltmanns, 1904
Genus Scherffelia Pascher, 1911
Genus Tetraselmis Stein, 1878
Family Nephroselmidaceae Skuja, 1948 ex Silva, 1980
Genus Nephroselmis Stein, 1878
Genus Pseudoscourfieldia Manton, 1975
Family Pycnococcaceae Guillard, 1991
Genus Prasinoderma Hasegawa & Chihara
?Genus Ostreococcus Courties & Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1995
Genus Pycnococcus Guillard, 1991
Genus Prasinococcus Miyashita & Chihara, 1993

Lewis & McCourt (2004)

Lewis, L.A. & McCourt, R.M. 2004. Green algae and the origin of land plants. American Journal of Botany 91(10): 1535–1556. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1535 Open access Reference page.

Division Chlorophyta (green algae sensu stricto)
Subdivision Chlorophytina
Class Prasinophyceae (prasinophytes)
Order Pyramimonadales
Order Mamiellales
Order Pseudoscourfieldiales
Order Chlorodendrales
Incertae sedis (Unnamed clade of coccoid taxa)

Leliaert et al. (2012)

Leliaert, F., Smith, D.R., Moreau, H., Herron, M.D., Verbruggen, H., Delwiche, C.F. & De Clerck, O. 2012. Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 31(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.615705 Paywall PDF Reference page.

Viridiplantae
Chlorophyta
prasinophytes (paraphyletic)
Pyramimonadales
Mamiellophyceae
Pycnococcaceae
Nephroselmidophyceae
Prasinococcales
Palmophyllales

Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Ruggiero, M.A., Gordon, D.P., Orrell, T.M., Bailly, N., Bourgoin, T., Brusca, R.C., Cavalier-Smith, T., Guiry, M.D. & Kirk, P.M. 2015. A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 Open access. [Correction in 10(6): e0130114 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130114 Open access.] Reference page.

Ruggiero, M.A., Gordon, D.P., Orrell, T.M., Bailly, N., Bourgoin, T., Brusca, R.C., Cavalier-Smith, T., Guiry, M. D. & Kirk, P. M. (2015). A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248, [14].

Superkingdom Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae [= Archaeplastida]
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Chlorophyta
Phylum Chlorophyta
Subphylum Prasinophytina
Class Mamiellophyceae
Order Dolichomastigales
Order Mamiellales
Order Monomastigales
Class Nephrophyceae [= Nephroselmidophyceae]
Order Nephroselmidales
Class Pyramimonadophyceae
Order Palmophyllales
Order Prasinococcales
Order Pseudoscourfieldiales
Order Pyramimonadales

References

Chadefaud, M. (1941). Sur l'organisation et la position systématique des flagellés du genre Pyramidomonas. Revue scientifique 79: 113-114.
Chadefaud, M. (1947). Études sur l'organisation de deux Volvocales sédentaires marines: Prasinocladus lubricus et Chlorodendron subsalsum. Revue scientifique 85: 862-865, [15].
Chadefaud, M. (1960). Les végétaux non vasculaires (Cryptogamie). In Chadefaud, M. & Emberger, L. Traité de botanique systématique. Tome I. Masson, Paris.
Christensen, T. 1962. Alger. In: Böcher, T.W., Lange, M. & Sørensen, T. (eds.) Botanik. Bind II. Systematisk botanik. Nr. 2. pp. [1]–178. København: I kommission hos Munksgaard. Reference page.
Moestrup, Ø., Throndsen, J. (1988). Light and electron microscopical studies on Pseudoscourfieldia marina, a primitive scaly green flagellate (Prasinophyceae) with posterior flagella. Canadian Journal of Botany 66: 1415-1434.
Norris, R.E. (1980). Prasinophytes. In: Cox E.R. (ed.), Phytoflagellates, pp. 85-146. Elsevier/North-Holland, New York.
Silva, P.C. 1980. Names of classes and families of living algae: with special reference to their use in the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Regnum Vegetabile 103. 156 pp. ISBN 90-313-0410-7. Reference page.
Sym S.D., Pienaar R.N. (1993). The class Prasinophyceae. In: F.E. Round and D.J. Chapman (eds.), Progress in phycological research, 9: 281–376. BioPress Ltd., London, UK.

Vernacular names
eesti: Prasinofüüdid
日本語: プラシノ藻綱
polski: Prazynofity