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Biliphyta

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Biliphyta
Close-up of a red alga ("Laurencia" sp.), a marine seaweed from Hawaii.
Close-up of a red alga (Laurencia sp.), a marine seaweed from Hawaii.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Biliphyta
Cavalier-Smith, 1981
Phyla[1]

Biliphyta is a polyphyletic subkingdom of algae.

It includes Glaucophyta and Rhodophyta.[2][3]

Members of this group should not be confused with Picobiliphytes, which are also known as "biliphytes".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Taxonomy Browser :: Algaebase".
  2. ^ Deschamps, P.; Moreira, D. (2009). "Signal conflicts in the phylogeny of the primary photosynthetic eukaryotes". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26 (12): 2745–2753. doi:10.1093/molbev/msp189. PMID 19706725.
  3. ^ Cavalier-Smith, T. (1981). "Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine?". Bio Systems. 14 (3–4): 461–481. doi:10.1016/0303-2647(81)90050-2. PMID 7337818.
  4. ^ Cuvelier, M.; Ortiz, A.; Kim, E.; Moehlig, H.; Richardson, D.; Heidelberg, J.; Archibald, J.; Worden, A. (2008). "Widespread distribution of a unique marine protistan lineage". Environmental Microbiology. 10 (6): 1621–1634. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01580.x. PMC 2408648. PMID 18341584.

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