Haptophyte

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Haptophytes
Coccolithophore (Coccolithus pelagicus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Phylum: Haptista
Subphylum: Haptophytina
Hibberd, 1976 stat. nov. Cavalier-Smith, 2015[1]
Classes & Orders
Synonyms
  • Prymnesiophyta Green & Jordan, 1994
  • Prymnesiophyceae s.l. Casper, 1972 ex Hibberd, 1976
  • Haptophyceae s.l. Christensen, 1962 ex Silva, 1980
  • Haptophyta Hibberd, 1976

The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophyta, Haptophytina or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae.

The names Haptophyceae or Prymnesiophyceae are sometimes used instead.[2][3][4] This ending implies classification at the class rank rather than as a division. Although the phylogenetics of this group has become much better understood in recent years, there remains some dispute over which rank is most appropriate.

Characteristics

flagella, 3-mitochondrion, 4-Golgi apparatus, 5-nucleus, 6-scales, 7-chrysolaminarin vacuole, 8-plastid, 9-ribosomes, 10-stigma, 11-endoplasmic reticulum, 12-chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum, 13-pyrenoid, 14-thylakoids
.

The

heterokonts,[5] but the structure of the rest of the cell is different, so it may be that they are a separate line whose chloroplasts are derived from similar red algal
endosymbionts.

The cells typically have two slightly unequal

haptonema, which is superficially similar to a flagellum but differs in the arrangement of microtubules and in its use. The name comes from the Greek hapsis, touch, and nema, round thread. The mitochondria have tubular cristae
.

Significance

The best-known haptophytes are coccolithophores, which make up 673 of the 762 described haptophyte species,[6] and have an exoskeleton of calcareous plates called coccoliths. Coccolithophores are some of the most abundant marine phytoplankton, especially in the open ocean, and are extremely abundant as microfossils, forming chalk deposits. Other planktonic haptophytes of note include Chrysochromulina and Prymnesium, which periodically form toxic marine algal blooms, and Phaeocystis, blooms of which can produce unpleasant foam which often accumulates on beaches.[7]

Haptophytes are economically important, as species such as

alpha-linolenic acid.[8] Tisochrysis lutea contains betain lipids and phospholipids.[9]

Classification

The haptophytes were first placed in the class

Chrysophyceae (golden algae), but ultrastructural data have provided evidence to classify them separately.[10] Both molecular and morphological evidence supports their division into five orders; coccolithophores make up the Isochrysidales and Coccolithales. Very small (2-3μm) uncultured pico-prymnesiophytes are ecologically important.[7]

Haptophytes was discussed to be closely related to cryptomonads.[11]

Haptophytes are closely related to the SAR clade.[12]

Subphylum Haptophytina Cavalier-Smith 2015 [Haptophyta Hibberd 1976 sensu Ruggerio et al. 2015][13]

References

  1. S2CID 19939172
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  2. ^ "Haptophyta". NCBI taxonomy database. National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. S2CID 18014503
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  4. ^ "ITIS Standard Report". Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  5. PMID 21652306
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  6. ^ "Haptophyta". Algaebase.
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  13. ^ Guiry MD (2016), AlgaeBase, World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway, retrieved 25 October 2016

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