Prymnesiophyceae s.l. Casper, 1972 ex Hibberd, 1976
Haptophyceae s.l. Christensen, 1962 ex Silva, 1980
Haptophyta Hibberd, 1976
The names Haptophyceae or Prymnesiophyceae are sometimes used instead.[2][3][4] This ending implies classification at the classrank 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.
The chloroplasts are pigmented similarly to those of 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. Haptophyte chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a, c1, and c2 but lack chlorophyll b. For carotenoids, they have beta-, alpha-, and gamma- carotenes. Like diatoms and brown algae, they have also fucoxanthin, an oxidized isoprenoid derivative that is likely the most important driver of their brownish-yellow color.[6]
The cells typically have two slightly unequal flagella, both of which are smooth, and a unique organelle called a haptonema, which is superficially similar to a flagellum but differs in the arrangement of microtubules and in its use. The name comes from the Greekhapsis, touch, and nema, round thread. The mitochondria have tubular cristae.
Most haptophytes reportedly produce chrysolaminarin rather than starch as their major storage polysaccharide, but some Pavlovaceae produce paramylon.[7][8] The chain length of the chrysolaminarin is reportedly short (polymers of 20–50 glycosides, unlike the 300+ of comparable amylose), and it is located in cytoplasmic membrane-bound vacuoles.[8]
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The best-known haptophytes are coccolithophores, which make up 673 of the 762 described haptophyte species,[9] 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.[10]
The haptophytes were first placed in the class Chrysophyceae (golden algae), but ultrastructural data have provided evidence to classify them separately.[13] 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.[10]
Haptophytes was discussed to be closely related to cryptomonads.[14]
Haptophytes are closely related to the SAR clade.[15]
Subphylum Haptophytina Cavalier-Smith 2015 [Haptophyta Hibberd 1976 sensu Ruggerio et al. 2015][16]
Order †Watznaueriales Bown 1987 (imbricating placolith)
Family †Watznaueriaceae Rood, Hay & Barnard 1971
Order †Arkhangelskiales Bown & Hampton 1997
Family †Arkhangelskiellaceae Bukry 1969
Family †Kamptneriaceae Bown & Hampton 1997
Order †Podorhabdales Rood 1971 [Biscutales Aubry 2009; Prediscosphaerales Aubry 2009] (non-imbricating or radial placolith)
Family †Axopodorhabdaceae Wind & Wise 1977 [Podorhabdaceae Noel 1965]
Family †Biscutaceae Black, 1971
Family †Calyculaceae Noel 1973
Family †Cretarhabdaceae Thierstein 1973
Family †Mazaganellaceae Bown 1987
Family †Prediscosphaeraceae Rood et al., 1971 [Deflandriaceae Black 1968]
Family †Tubodiscaceae Bown & Rutledge 1997
Order Coccolithales Schwartz 1932 [Coccolithophorales]
Family Reticulosphaeraceae Cavalier-Smith 1996 [Reticulosphaeridae]
Family Calcidiscaceae Young & Bown 1997
Family Coccolithaceae Poche 1913 emend. Young & Bown, 1997 [Coccolithophoraceae]
Family Pleurochrysidaceae Fresnel & Billard 1991
Family Hymenomonadaceae Senn 1900 [Ochrosphaeraceae Schussnig 1930]
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