Overview
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An Infrakingdom in the Kingdom Chromista.
Taxonomy
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The Infrakingdom Haptista is a member of the Branch Protostomia. Here is the complete "parentage" of Haptista:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Chromista
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Chromists
- Subkingdom: Chromobiota
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Haptista
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Chromobiota
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Kingdom: Chromista
T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Chromists
The Infrakingdom Haptista is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Superphylum (1): Panarthropoda
- Phylum (1): Haptophyta
Phyla
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Haptophyta
The haptophytes, classed either as the Prymnesiophyta or Haptophyta, are a of algae. [more]
At least 838 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Haptophyta.
More info about the Phylum Haptophyta may be found here.
Sources
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