Synchromophyceae
Class of algae
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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.[1]
| Synchromophyceae | |
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| Chlamydomyxa montana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Chrysista |
| Clade: | SII |
| Class: | Synchromophyceae S.Horn & C.Wilhelm 2007[1] |
| Orders[2] | |
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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.[3] It is phylogenetically close to the classes Chrysophyceae and Picophagea, within the SII clade.[4][2]
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Taxonomy
The class Synchromophyceae was described in 2007 to include the genus Synchroma.[1] 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.[2]
- Order Chlamydomyxales Archer 1875
- Family Chlamydomyxaceae Engler 1897
- Chlamydomyxa Archer 1875.
- Family Chlamydomyxaceae Engler 1897
- Order Leucomyxales D.Barcytė & M.Eliáš 2024
- Family Leucomyxaceae D.Barcytė & M.Eliáš 2024
- Leucomyxa D.Barcytė & M.Eliáš 2024[5]
- Family Leucomyxaceae D.Barcytė & M.Eliáš 2024
- Order Synchromales R.Schnetter & Ehlers in Horn et al. 2007
- Family Synchromaceae R.Schnetter & Ehlers in Horn et al. 2007
- Synchroma R.Schnetter & Ehlers in Horn et al. 2007
- Family Synchromaceae R.Schnetter & Ehlers in Horn et al. 2007
- Synchromophyceae incertae sedis (possibly part of Synchromales)[2]
