GBIF Algae Classification

A classification for all algae sensu latu from kingdom down to families distributed across the 3 kingdoms Plantae, Chromista and Protozoa. The project is setup so that the github zip represents a valid Darwin Core Checklist Archive, synonyms are included.

This classification is aiming to fill the gaps in the current Catalog of Life due to the removal of Algaebase. The CoL currently has no taxa within the following phyla:

• Chromista: Cryptophyta, Haptophyta, Ochrophyta, Myzozoa
• Plantae: Charophyta, Chlorophyta, Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta
• Protozoa: Euglenozoa

The classification is registered in GBIF as http://www.gbif.org/dataset/7ea21580-4f06-469d-995b-3f713fdcc37c

Classification details

The derived algae classification includes all missing CoL phyla (see below) and also the missing protozoa phyla Loukozoa and Metamonada

Source classifications reviewed

The following classifications have been used as sources to create the algae classification.

CoL - current

Chromista
  Bigyra
  Ciliophora
 *Cryptista
  Foraminifera
 *Haptophyta
 *Miozoa
 *Ochrophyta
  Oomycota
  Radiozoa
Plantae
  Anthocerotophyta
  Bryophyta
 *Charophyta
 *Chlorophyta
 *Glaucophyta
  Marchantiophyta
 *Rhodophyta
  Tracheophyta
Protozoa
  Amoebozoa
  Cercozoa
  Choanozoa
 *Euglenozoa
 *Loukozoa
 *Metamonada
  Microsporidia
  Mycetozoa
  Percolozoa
  Sarcomastigophora
 *Sulcozoa
  
* = empty taxon with no children. Mostly missing due to removal of Algaebase

As we use the entire CoL classification we primarily aim at filling in the gaps of these empty phyla: For Protozoa we will only treat the "algae" phylum Euglenozoa:

• Chromista
  • Cryptista aka Cryptophyta
  • Haptophyta
  • Ochrophyta
  • Myzozoa (preferred over Miozoa, see WoRMS and Wikipedia)
  • Cercozoa
• Plantae
  • Charophyta
  • Chlorophyta
  • Glaucophyta
  • Rhodophyta
• Protozoa
  • Euglenozoa

GBIF Backbone 2013

Classification down to families for the entire kingdoms Plantae, Chromista and Protozoa A filtered version with just the seeked algae phyla

ITIS

Classification down to families: plantae, chromista & protozoa

WoRMS

Classification down to families for the kingdoms: plantae, chromista & protozoa

Ruggiero 2015

See PLOS article 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 Also available as strangely formatted Excel spreadsheet.

Smithsonian

http://botany.si.edu/projects/algae/classification.htm

1. BACILLARIOPHYTA (diatoms)
2. CHAROPHYTA (stoneworts)
3. CHLOROPHYTA (green algae)
4. CHRYSOPHYTA (golden algae)
5. CYANOBACTERIA (blue-green algae)
6. DINOPHYTA (dinoflagellates)
7. PHAEOPHYTA (brown algae)
8. RHODOPHYTA (red algae)