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Haptophyte

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Haptophytes
Coccolithophore(Coccolithus pelagicus)
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Phylum: Haptista
Subphylum: Haptophytina
Hibberd, 1976stat. nov.Cavalier-Smith, 2015[1]
Classes & Orders
Synonyms
  • PrymnesiophytaGreen & Jordan, 1994
  • Prymnesiophyceaes.l.Casper, 1972 ex Hibberd, 1976
  • Haptophyceaes.l.Christensen, 1962 ex Silva, 1980
  • HaptophytaHibberd, 1976

Thehaptophytes,classified either as theHaptophyta,HaptophytinaorPrymnesiophyta(named forPrymnesium), are acladeofalgae.

The namesHaptophyceaeorPrymnesiophyceaeare sometimes used instead.[2][3][4]This ending implies classification at theclassrankrather than as a division. Although thephylogeneticsof this group has become much better understood in recent years, there remains some dispute over which rank is most appropriate.

Characteristics[edit]

Cell scheme. 1-haptonema,2-flagella,3-mitochondrion,4-Golgi apparatus,5-nucleus,6-scales, 7-chrysolaminarinvacuole,8-plastid,9-ribosomes,10-stigma,11-endoplasmic reticulum,12-chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum, 13-pyrenoid,14-thylakoids.

Thechloroplastsare pigmented similarly to those of theheterokonts,[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 similarred algalendosymbionts.

The cells typically have two slightly unequalflagella,both of which are smooth, and a unique organelle called ahaptonema,which is superficially similar to a flagellum but differs in the arrangement ofmicrotubulesand in its use. The name comes from theGreekhapsis,touch, andnema,round thread. Themitochondriahave tubularcristae.

Significance[edit]

The best-known haptophytes arecoccolithophores,which make up 673 of the 762 described haptophyte species,[6]and have an exoskeleton of calcareous plates calledcoccoliths.Coccolithophores are some of the most abundant marinephytoplankton,especially in the open ocean, and are extremely abundant as microfossils, formingchalkdeposits. Other planktonic haptophytes of note includeChrysochromulinaandPrymnesium,which periodically form toxic marinealgal blooms,andPhaeocystis,blooms of which can produce unpleasant foam which often accumulates on beaches.[7]

Haptophytes are economically important, as species such asPavlova lutheriandIsochrysissp.are widely used in theaquacultureindustry to feedoysterandshrimplarvae. They contain a large amount ofpolyunsaturated fatty acidssuch asdocosahexaenoic acid(DHA),stearidonic acidandAlpha -linolenic acid.[8]Tisochrysis luteacontains betain lipids andphospholipids.[9]

Classification[edit]

The haptophytes were first placed in the classChrysophyceae(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 tocryptomonads.[11]

Haptophytes are closely related to theSARclade.[12]

Subphylum HaptophytinaCavalier-Smith 2015[HaptophytaHibberd 1976 sensu Ruggerio et al. 2015][13]

References[edit]

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  7. ^abCuvelier ML, Allen AE, Monier A, McCrow JP, Messié M, Tringe SG, et al. (August 2010)."Targeted metagenomics and ecology of globally important uncultured eukaryotic phytoplankton".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.107(33): 14679–84.Bibcode:2010PNAS..10714679C.doi:10.1073/pnas.1001665107.PMC2930470.PMID20668244.
  8. ^Renaud SM, Zhou HC, Parry DL, Thinh LV, Woo KC (1995). "Effect of temperature on the growth, total lipid content and fatty acid composition of recently isolated tropical microalgae Isochrysis sp., Nitzschia closterium, Nitzschia paleacea, and commercial species Isochrysis sp. (clone T.ISO)".Journal of Applied Phycology.7(6): 595–602.doi:10.1007/BF00003948.S2CID206766536.
  9. ^Kato M, Sakai M, Adachi K, Ikemoto H, Sano H (1996). "Distribution of betaine lipids in marine algae".Phytochemistry.42(5): 1341–5.doi:10.1016/0031-9422(96)00115-X.
  10. ^Medlin LK (1997). "Phylogenetic relationships of the 'golden algae' (Haptophytes, heterokont chromophytes) and their plastids".Origins of Algae and their Plastids(PDF).Plant Systematics and Evolution. Vol. 11. pp. 187–219.doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-6542-3_11.ISBN978-3-211-83035-2.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2012-03-17.
  11. ^Reeb VC, Peglar MT, Yoon HS, Bai JR, Wu M, Shiu P, et al. (October 2009). "Interrelationships of chromalveolates within a broadly sampled tree of photosynthetic protists".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.53(1): 202–11.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.012.PMID19398025.
  12. ^Parfrey LW, Lahr DJ, Knoll AH, Katz LA (August 2011)."Estimating the timing of early eukaryotic diversification with multigene molecular clocks".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.108(33): 13624–9.Bibcode:2011PNAS..10813624P.doi:10.1073/pnas.1110633108.PMC3158185.PMID21810989.
  13. ^Guiry MD (2016),AlgaeBase,World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway,retrieved25 October2016

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