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Chromista (disused)

Taxonomy
Chromista was named by Cavalier-Smith (1981).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Eukaryota by Blackwell (2004).

It was assigned to Protista by Kiessling (2003); and to Eukaryota by Ruggiero et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Chromista Cavalier-Smith
2003Chromista Kiessling
2015Chromista Ruggiero et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Chromista Cavalier-Smith 1981
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Invalid names: Hacrobia [empty], Harosa [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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No ecological data are available
Collections
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