†class Bryopsidophyceae Round 1963 (green algae)
Parent taxon: Chlorophyta according to Kundal 2010
See also Kiessling 2004 and Mancinelli et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Amgaella, Calathella, Caulerpites, Charophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Chuariophyceae, Dasycladophyceae, Doushantuophyton, Fuxianospira, Indopolia, Laenigma, Lanceoforma, Megaspirella, Microfasta, Monostysisyrinaceae, Palaeomastigocladus, Parallelphyton, Physophycus, Proterotainia, Pseudopalaeoporella, Retephycus, Schizosporis, Sgrossoella, Sinocylindra, Sinophyllum, Sphaeroporella, Spheroporella, Tetrasporaceae, Thaumatoporellales, Timanella, Ulvophyceae, Walcottophycus, Yakutina
Subtaxa: Caulerpales
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
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