Chromobionta

Name

Chromobionta Jeffrey, 1982

Synonyms or similar groups

• Chromophycées Chadefaud, 1950
• Chromophyta Bourrelly, 1957, Christensen 1962, 1989, Cavalier-Smith, 1986
• Chromobiota Jeffrey, 1971
• Ochrobionta Edwards, 1976
• Chromista Cavalier-Smith, 1981

Classifications

John O. Corliss (1984)

From The kingdom Protista and its 45 phyla

In Kingdom Protista
Assemblage "Chromobionts"

• Phylum Chrysophyta
• Phylum Haptophyta
• Phylum Bacillariophyta
• Phylum Xanthophyta
• Phylum Eustigmatophyta
• Phylum Phaeophyta
• incertae sedis
  • Phylum Proteromonadea
  • Group Bicosoecidea
  • Group Heterochloridea
  • Group Raphidophyceae

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

In Kingdom Chromista, Subkingdom Euchromista
Infrakingdom Chromobiota orthogr. emend. pro Chromophyta Cavalier-Smith, 1986

• Phylum Heterokonta
• Phylum Haptophyta

Cavalier-Smith (1998)

From A revised six-kingdom system of life

In Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromobiota Cavalier-Smith 1991

• Infrakingdom Heterokonta
• Infrakingdom Haptophyta