Synonym: Cyanophyta
Parent taxon: Eubacteria according to V. N. Sergeev et al. 1995
See also Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2006, Ruggiero et al. 2015 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Ameliaphycus, Archaeorestis, Archaeosphaeroides, Brachybaculites, Cladothricinium, Cladothryx, Coleobacter, Eoastrion, Eobacterium, Ferrimonilis, Geasterites, Micrococcus, Negibacteria, Posibacteria, Ramacia, Schizophyta, Taeniatum
Subtaxa: Abruptophycus Acaciella Agamus Aldania Alternella Alternia Angarophycus Antiquophytolithus Antiquus Archaeothrix Arenarina Artophycus Aulophycus Basisphaera Beltanelliformis Bevocastria Borlogella Brachypleganon Bursiphycas Calevia Callosicoccus Calothricites Calyptophycus Camasia Catinella Chabakoviacea Chomentovskia Chomustachia Cirriphycus Cladogirvanella Cladophorites Coccogoneae Columnaria Crustophycus Cyanophyceae Cyanostroma Cycularia Cystostroma Desmekalamos Eoaphanothece Eoepiphyton Eophormidium Eucaspsiphora Fibrostroma Filiphycus Fillostroma Flexia Galinia Georgiana Glomeophycus Gouldina Grenularia Gruneria Hecetaphyton Hormogoneae Hormosporites Katernia Kostinophycus Lamellophycus Lamellostroma Leptophycus Lermontovaephycus Lithocodium Lopatinella Madiganites Maldeotaina Manacyathus Mansurkella Marpolia Microcystopsis Millaria Morania Mussooriella Myxococcoides Myxophyceae Nerusiandella Oncobyrsella Oscillatoriacea Palaeomicrocystis Paleocalothrix Paleoisocystis Papulophycus Perennaria Phanerosphaerops Pilbaria Platella Plexostroma Polybessurus Porostromata Protoepiphyton Ramulostroma Ramulus Rhyniella Rothpletzella Scandophycus Schizothropsis Setula Shanganella Sigmopollis Somphospongia Sphaerina Sphaerocodium Sphaerothallus Stigonematales Subtifloria Talakania Tarioufetia Telastroma Trichostroma Tubercularia Tumidophyton Tunikata Tuxekanella Uluksanella Vesicularia Vittophyton
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"