Wikipedia:WikiProject Algae/Taxon notes

Taxa

Higher taxa

Taxon	Status	Image?	Comments
Algae	C	Y
Brown algae	C	Y
Coccolithophore	Start	Y
Cyanobacteria	C	Y
Diatom	B	Y
Dinoflagellate	C	Y
Euglenid	Start	Y
Golden algae	Start	Y
Green algae	Start	Y
Red algae	C	Y
Yellow-green algae	Stub	Y

Taxa articles and redirects of major importance

• Prokaryotes

• • Cyanobacteria including Prochlorophyta
    • Synechocystis

• Eukaryotes
  • Glaucophyta
    • Cyanophora paradoxa (Cyanophora)
  • Rhodophyta
    • • Cyanidioschyzon merolae
      • Cyanidium caldarium
      • Gracilaria tenuistipitata (Gracilaria)
    • Cyanidiophytina
      • Cyanidiophyceae
    • Rhodophytina
      • Bangiophyceae
      • Compsopogonophyceae
      • Florideophyceae
      • Porphyridiophyceae
        • Porphyridium
        • Flintiella
        • Erythrolobus
      • Rhodellophyceae
      • Stylonematophyceae
        • Stylonema
        • Bangiopsis
        • Chroodactylon
        • Chroothece
        • Purpureofilum
        • Rhodosorus
        • Rhodospora
        • Rufusi
        • Rhodellales
          • Rhodellaceae
            • Rhodella
            • Dixoniella
            • Glaucosphaera
  • Viridiplantae
    • Chlorophyta
      • Bryopsidophyceae
      • Caryopoceae
      • Chlorophyceae
        • Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
      • Cladophorophyceae
      • Cryopsidophyceae
      • Dasycladophyceae
      • Pedinophyceae
      • Pleurastrophyceae
      • Prasinophyceae
      • Trebouxiophyceae
        • Chlorella vulgaris (Chlorella)
      • Trentepohliophyceae
      • Ulvophyceae
    • Charopyta
      • Chlorokybophyceae
      • Klebsormidiophyceae
      • Mesostigmatophyceae
      • Zygnematophyceae
      • Charophyceae
      • Coleochaetophyceae
  • Euglenophyta
    • Euglena gracilis
  • Dinophyta
    • Dinophyceae
    • Noctiluciphyceae
    • Syndiniophyceae
  • Cryptophyta
  • Heterokontophyta
    • Chrysophyceae (golden algae)
    • Synurophyceae
    • Dictyochophyceae
    • Pelagophyceae
    • Bacillariophyceae (diatoms)
    • Raphidophyceae
    • Phaeophyceae (brown algae)
    • Actihrysophyceae (axodines)
    • Bolidophyceae
    • Eustigmatophyceae
    • Phaeothamniophyceae
    • Xanthophyceae (yellow-green algae)
  • Prymnesiophyta
    • Emiliania huxleyi
  • Haptophyta
    • Pavlovophyceae
    • Prymnesiophyceae

High importance algae species

• Chaetosphaeridium globosum
• Chlamydomonas reinhardtii genus Chlamydomonas
• Chlorella vulgaris genus Chlorella
• Cyanidioschzon merolae genusCyanidioschzon
• Cyanidium caldarium genus Cyanidium
• Cyanophora paradoxa genus Cyanophora
• Dunaliella salina genus Dunaliella
• Leptosira terrestris genus Leptosira
• Macrocystis pyrifera
• Mesostigma viride genus Mesostigma
• Nephroselmis olivacea genus Nephroselmis
• Odontella sinensis genus Odontella
• Oltmannsiellopsis viridis genus Oltmannsiellopsis
• Ostreococcus tauri genus Ostreococcus
• Phaeodactylum tricornutum genus Phaeodactylum
• Porphyra purpurea genus Porphyra
• Porphyra yezoensis genus Porphyra
• Pseudendoclonium akinetum genus Pseudendoclonium
• Rhodomonas salina genus Rhodomonas
• Saccharina japonica (= Kombu)
• Sargassum muticum
• Scenedesmus obliquus genus Scenedesmus
• Stigeoclonium helveticum genus Stigeoclonium
• Thalassiosira pseudonana genus Thalassiosira
• Volvox carteri genus Volvox

High importance algae genera

• Anabaena
• Ceratium
• Chara
• Chlamydomonas
• Chlorella
• Coleochaete
• Cyanidioschyzon
• Cyanidium
• Dunaliella
• Durvillaea
• Ectocarpus
• Egregia
• Fucus
• Gloeocapsa
• Gonyaulax
• Gymnodinium
• Laminaria
• Leptosira
• Lessonia
• Lyngbya
• Macrocystis
• Mesostigma
• Nephroselmis
• Noctiluca (redirect)
• Nostoc
• Odontella
• Oltmannsiellopsis
• Oscillatoria
• Ostreococcus
• Peridinium
• Phaeodactylum
• Porphyra
• Postelsia
• Prochlorococcus
• Pseudendoclonium
• Rhodomonas
• Rivularia
• Saccharina
• Sargassum
• Scenedesmus
• Spirogyra
• Spirulina
• Staurastrum
• Stigeoclonium
• Thalassiosira
• Ulothrix
• Ulva
• Vaucheria
• Volvox

Non-taxa algae-related articles

• acritarch
• agar
• algal bloom
• alternation of generations
• brevetoxin
• chlorophyll
• coral bleaching
• eutrophication
• frustule
• seaweed
• Carotenoid
• fucoxanthin
• heterocyst
• hormogonium
• hypoxia (environmental)
• kelp
• laver (seaweed)
• nori
• peridinin
• phycobilin
• phycobiliprotein
• Chrysolaminarin
• phycocyanin
• phycoerythrin
• phycology
• phytoplankton
• saxitoxin
• stromatolite
• zooxanthella
• William Henry Harvey
• Frans Reinhold Kjellman
• Walter Migula
• William Henry Harvey
• M. O. P. Iyengar
• Carl Linnaeus
• René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
• George Vancouver
• Dawson Turner
• Archibald Menzies
• Carl Adolph Agardh
• Xanthophyll

Algae categories

• Category:Algae (19 C, 65 P)
  • Category:Algae biofuels (2 C, 5 P)
    • Category:Algal fuel producers (11 P)
    • Category:High lipid content microalgae (13 P)
  • Category:Algae of Australia (6 P)
  • Category:Brown algae (6 C, 21 P)
    • Category:Dictyotales (2 P)
    • Category:Ectocarpales (1 C, 4 P)
      • Category:Chordariaceae (2 P)
    • Category:Fucales (21 P)
    • Category:Laminariales (3 C, 19 P)
      • Category:Alariaceae (3 P)
      • Category:Laminariaceae (5 P)
      • Category:Lessoniaceae (3 P)
    • Category:Scytosiphonales (1 P)
    • Category:Sporochnaceae (1 P)
  • Category:Chromalveolata (5 C, 52 P)
    • Category:Alveolata (3 C, 9 P)
      • Category:Apicomplexa (266 P)
      • Category:Ciliates (1 C, 60 P)
        • Category:Stokesiidae (3 P)
      • Category:Dinoflagellates (34 P)
    • Category:Chromalveolate stubs (1 C, 183 P)
      • Category:Water mould stubs (104 P)
    • Category:Chromista (1 C, 10 P)
      • Category:Heterokonts (3 C, 49 P)
      • Category:Brown algae (6 C, 21 P)
        • Category:Dictyotales (2 P)
        • Category:Ectocarpales (1 C, 4 P)
          • Category:Chordariaceae (2 P)
        • Category:Fucales (21 P)
        • Category:Laminariales (3 C, 19 P)
          • Category:Alariaceae (3 P)
          • Category:Laminariaceae (5 P)
          • Category:Lessoniaceae (3 P)
        • Category:Scytosiphonales (1 P)
        • Category:Sporochnaceae (1 P)
      • Category:Diatoms (47 P)
      • Category:Water moulds (3 C, 67 P)
        • Category:Phytophthora (31 P)
        • Category:Pythium (35 P)
        • Category:Water mould stubs (104 P)
    • Category:Haptophytes (20 P)
    • Category:Heterokonts (3 C, 49 P)
      • Category:Brown algae (6 C, 21 P)
      • Category:Dictyotales (2 P)
      • Category:Ectocarpales (1 C, 4 P)
        • Category:Chordariaceae (2 P)
      • Category:Fucales (21 P)
      • Category:Laminariales (3 C, 19 P)
        • Category:Alariaceae (3 P)
        • Category:Laminariaceae (5 P)
        • Category:Lessoniaceae (3 P)
      • Category:Scytosiphonales (1 P)
      • Category:Sporochnaceae (1 P)
      • Category:Diatoms (47 P)
      • Category:Water moulds (3 C, 67 P)
        • Category:Phytophthora (31 P)
        • Category:Pythium (35 P)
        • Category:Water mould stubs (104 P)
    • Category:Chromista (1 C, 10 P)
      • Category:Heterokonts (3 C, 49 P)
      • Category:Brown algae (6 C, 21 P)
        • Category:Dictyotales (2 P)
        • Category:Ectocarpales (1 C, 4 P)
          • Category:Chordariaceae (2 P)
        • Category:Fucales (21 P)
        • Category:Laminariales (3 C, 19 P)
          • Category:Alariaceae (3 P)
          • Category:Laminariaceae (5 P)
          • Category:Lessoniaceae (3 P)
        • Category:Scytosiphonales (1 P)
        • Category:Sporochnaceae (1 P)
      • Category:Diatoms (47 P)
      • Category:Water moulds (3 C, 67 P)
      • Category:Phytophthora (31 P)
      • Category:Pythium (35 P)
      • Category:Water mould stubs (104 P)
  • Category:Algae taxonomic classes (11 P)
  • Category:Diatoms (47 P)
  • Category:Dinoflagellates (34 P)
  • Category:Edible algae (1 C, 23 P)
    • [[:Category:[+] Sea vegetables]] (1 C, 28 P)
  • Category:Algae families (19 C, 45 P)
    • Category:Alariaceae (3 P)
    • Category:Brachysiraceae (3 P)
    • Category:Caulerpaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Chlorophyceae families (41 P)
    • Category:Chordariaceae (2 P)
    • Category:Cladophoraceae (1 P)
    • Category:Corallinaceae (5 P)
    • Category:Cryptomonadaceae (2 P)
    • Category:Dasycladaceae (8 P)
    • Category:Delesseriaceae (3 P)
    • Category:Dumontiaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Faucheaceae (2 P)
    • Category:Gelidiaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Laminariaceae (5 P)
    • Category:Merismopediaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Oocystaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Sporochnaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Trentepohliaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Ulvaceae (2 P)
  • Category:Algae genera (468 P)
  • Category:Green algae (3 C, 79 P)
    • Category:Chlamydomonadaceae (1 P)
    • Category:Chlorophyceae (4 C, 4 P)
      • Category:Chaetophoraceae (3 P)
      • Category:Chlorococcales (2 P)
      • Category:Chlorophyceae families (41 P)
      • Category:Chlorophyceae stubs (349 P)
    • Category:Ulvophyceae stubs (92 P)
  • Category:Heterokonts (3 C, 49 P)
    • Category:Brown algae (6 C, 21 P)
      • Category:Dictyotales (2 P)
      • Category:Ectocarpales (1 C, 4 P)
        • Category:Chordariaceae (2 P)
      • Category:Fucales (21 P)
      • Category:Laminariales (3 C, 19 P)
        • Category:Alariaceae (3 P)
        • Category:Laminariaceae (5 P)
        • Category:Lessoniaceae (3 P)
      • Category:Scytosiphonales (1 P)
      • Category:Sporochnaceae (1 P)
  • Category:Diatoms (47 P)
  • Category:Water moulds (3 C, 67 P)
    • Category:Phytophthora (31 P)
    • Category:Pythium (35 P)
    • Category:Water mould stubs (104 P)
  • Category:Algae taxonomic orders (1 C, 27 P)
    • Category:Chlamydomonadaceae (1 P)
  • Category:Red algae (2 C, 58 P)
    • Category:Fossil algae (4 P)
    • Category:Rhodomelaceae (6 P)
  • Category:Sea vegetables (1 C, 28 P)
    • [[:Category:[+] Seaweeds]] (4 C, 16 P)
  • Category:Seaweeds (4 C, 16 P)
    • Category:Ectocarpales (1 C, 4 P)
      • Category:Chordariaceae (2 P)
    • Category:Fucales (21 P)
    • Category:Laminariales (3 C, 19 P)
      • Category:Alariaceae (3 P)
      • Category:Laminariaceae (5 P)
      • Category:Lessoniaceae (3 P)
    • Category:Scytosiphonales (1 P)
  • Category:Algae stubs (3 C, 271 P)
    • Category:Chlorophyceae stubs (349 P)
    • Category:Ulvophyceae stubs (92 P)
    • Category:Chromalveolate stubs (1 C, 183 P)
      • Category:Water mould stubs (104 P)