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Taxon: Class Dictyochophyceae Silva (1980) (alga)
 Entity: 

Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (P.C. Silva, 1980) Silva, 1982
Subsequent rank: 

Variants

Different rank: Dictyochales (Order) Haeckel (1894)
Former rank: Dictyochidae (Subclass) Haeckel (1894) Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.), 2001: 10. [indirect]
Former rank: Dictyochophycidae (Subclass) Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2010: 81. [indirect]
Subsequent spelling: Dictyochea (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1986), orth. inval. Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1986: 339. [new]
Incorrect spelling: Dictyochea (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1986), orth. inval. Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken et al., 2010: 81. [inferred]

Synonyms

Accepted name: Actinochrysea (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1995) Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 77).
Accepted name: Actinochrysophyceae (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1995)
Accepted name: Silicoflagellata (Class) (Borgert, 1890) Lemmermann, 1901 Ref: Ø. Moestrup & C.J. O'Kelly, 2000: 775.
Junior synonym: Actinochrysea (Class) Caval.-Sm. (1995) Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.), 2001: 10. [indirect]
Synonymous name: axodines ([unranked]) Patterson, 1994
Synonymous name: Hypogyristea (Class) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 18).
Synonymous name: Silicoflagellata (Class) (Borgert, 1890) Lemmermann, 1901 Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.), 2001: 10.
Synonymous name: Silicoflagellida (Order) Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982
Synonymous name: Silicomastigota (Class)
Including: abodines ([unranked]) D.J. Patterson, 2001
Including: Pedinellidae (Subclass) Caval.-Sm. (1986) Ref: J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.), 2001: 10. [indirect]
Including: Pelagophyceae (Class) R.A. Andersen & G.W.Saunders (1993) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 18). [inferred]
Including: Silicoflagellatea (Class) Borgert (1891)
Including: Silicophycidae (Subclass) Rothmaler (1951)
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