Rhodophyta

Translingual

Iridaea cordata
(subphylum Eurhodophytina, class Florideophyceae)

Etymology

From rhodo- (“red”) +‎ -ophyta.

Proper noun

Rhodophyta

The red algae
1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Protista.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Plantae.^[1]

Hypernyms

(phylum in Plantae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Biliphyta - subkingdom^[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum in Plantae): Cyanidiophytina, Eurhodophytina, Metarhodophytina, Rhodellophytina (subphyla)
- Cyanidiophyceae; Bangiophyceae, Floridophyceae; Compsopogonophyceae; Porphyridiophyceae, Rhodellophyceae, Stylonematophyceae (classes)^[1]

Coordinate terms

(phylum in Biliphyta): Glaucophyta^[1]

References

Red algae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rhodophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhodophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Rhodophyta at World Register of Marine Species
Rhodophyta on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Rhodophyta at the Tree of Life Web Project
Rhodophyta at Encyclopedia of Life
Rhodophyta at National Center for Biotechnology Information

1 2 3 4 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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