Kingdom Stramenopiles
Phaeophyta - Brown Algae

The Phaeophyta is a phylum combining three groups of peculiar single-celled organisms.

Despite acking many of the attributes of Strameopiles, genetic studies confirm their placement.


The Opalinata have numerous rows of short flagella (or cilia) running down around the cell. This once made them possible ancestors of the Ciliates of kingdom Alveolata. (They differ in having one type of nucleus, no mouths, and complex reproduction cycles.)

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03 Labyrinthulomycetes
04 Hypochytriales
05 Oomycetes - Water Molds
06 Commation
07 Ollicola
08 Bacillariophyta - Diatoms
09 Bolidomonas
10 Chrysophyceae - Gold Algae
11 Synurales
12 Dictyochophyta
13 Pelagophytes
14 Eustigmatophyceae
15 Phaeophyta - Brown Algae
16 Schizocladiales
17 Phaeothamniophytes
18 Xanthophyta - Yellow Green Algae
19 Pinguiochrysidales
20 Raphidiophyta
21 Actinophryida - Axodines
22 Developayella



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