new approach to the classification of algae

ABSTRACT

A new classification of algae up to the ordinal level, based on five kingdoms of living organisms, has been suggested in this paper, wherein algae are distributed in this paper, wherein algae are distributed in three kingdoms and include 19 phyla, 31 classes and 107 orders. Delineation of these groups is based on the micromorphological, ultrastructural and phycochemical characteristics of algae. As a result, three new phyla i.e. Volvocophyta, Porphyridiophyta and Vaucheriophyta, ten new classes i.e. Chrooco-phyceae, Porphyridiophyceae, Siphonocladophyceae, Vaucheriphyceae, Dictyophyceae, Nemaliophyceae and Ceramiophystales, Pelagomonadales, Vischeriales and Vacuolariales have been created. Typified names are preferred to descriptive names of various taxa. A comparison has also been made between various phyla regarding their diagnostic characters