| SN2000 author citation | : |  | T. Cavalier-Smith, 1986, orth. van. | 
	
		| Original name & rank | : |  | Silva, P.C. 1980. Regnum vegetabile 103: 55 ("Dictyochophyceae"). | 
	
		| Subsequent spelling | : |  | Cavalier-Smith, T. 1986. In F.E. Round & D.J. Chapman (eds.), Progress in Phycological Research 4: 339 ("Silva 1980", "I have changed the suffix because they are not seaweeds."). | 
	
		| Description/Diagnosis in English | : |  | loc. cit. |