Synuraceae

Belongs within: Chrysophyceae.
Contains: Mallomonas.

The Synuraceae are autotrophic, often colonial chrysophytes lacking chlorophyll c2 and with the posterior basal body of the ciliary roots shifted to be parallel to the anterior one (Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2006).

<==Synuraceae [Synurales, Synurophyceae]
    |  i. s.: Chrysodidymus Prowse 1962L16
    |           `--*C. synuroideus Prowse 1962 [incl. C. gracilis Prowse 1962, Synura microcrepis Nygaard 1978]L16
    |         ConradiellaL16
    |         CatenochrysisL16
    |         Polylepidomonas Preisig & Hibberd 1983L16
    |--Tessellaria volvocinaC-SC06
    `--+--MallomonasC-SC06
       `--Synura Ehrenberg 1835C-SC06, L16
            |--S. sect. SynuraL16
            |    |--S. curtispina (Petersen & Hansen) Asmund 1968 (see below for synonymy)L16
            |    |--S. echinulata Korshikov 1929 [incl. S. echinulata f. leptorrhabda Asmund 1968]L16
            |    |--S. mammillosa Takahashi 1972L16
            |    |--S. sphagnicola (Korshikov) Korshikov 1929 [=Skadovskiella sphagnicola Korshikov 1927]L16
            |    |--S. spinosa Korshikov 1929L16
            |    |    |--S. s. f. spinosaL16
            |    |    `--S. s. f. longispina Petersen & Hansen 1956L16
            |    `--S. uvella Ehrenberg 1838L16, M70
            `--S. sect. Petersenia Petersen & Hansen ex Balonov & Kuzmin 1974L16
                 |--S. glabra Korshikov 1929 (see below for synonymy)L16
                 `--S. petersenii Korshikov in Petersen & Hansen 1956 [incl. S. caroliniana]L16
                      |--S. p. f. peterseniiL16
                      |--S. p. f. kufferathii Petersen & Hansen 1958L16
                      `--S. p. f. praefracta Asmund 1968L16

Synura curtispina (Petersen & Hansen) Asmund 1968 [=S. spinosa f. curtispina Petersen & Hansen 1956; incl. S. favus Bradley 1966, S. curtispina f. reticulata Asmund 1968]^L16

Synura glabra Korshikov 1929 [=S. petersenii f. glabra (Korshikov) Siver 1987, S. petersenii var. glabra (Korshikov) Huber-Pestalozzi 1941]^L16

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[C-SC06] Cavalier-Smith, T., & E. E.-Y. Chao. 2006. Phylogeny and megasystematics of phagotrophic heterokonts (kingdom Chromista). Journal of Molecular Evolution 62: 388–420.

[L16] Lee, S. M. 2016. Scale-bearing Chrysophytes of Korea: Electron Microscopic Studies for Taxonomy. National Science Museum, Republic of Korea.

[M70] Meel, L. van. 1970. Etudes limnologiques en Belgique. VI.—Les méandres de la Durme à Hamme (Province de Flandre Orientale). Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 46 (13): 1–56.