Prymnesiophyceae

{{Short description|Class of algae}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Coccolithus pelagicus.jpg

| image_caption = Coccolithus pelagicus
(Coccolithales, fam. Coccolithaceae)

| domain = Eukaryota

| unranked_phylum = Haptophyta

| classis = Prymnesiophyceae s.s.

| classis_authority = Casper, 1972, ex Hibberd, 1976

| subdivision_ranks = Orders

| subdivision =

• Coccolithales
• Coccosphaerales
• Isochrysidales
• Phaeocystales
• Prymnesiales
• Syracosphaerales
• Zygodiscales

| synonyms =

• Coccolithophyceae Rothmaler, 1951
• Haptophyceae s.s. Christensen, 1962 ex Silva, 1980
• Patelliferea Cavalier-Smith, 1993

}}

Prymnesiophyceae is a haptophyte class.{{cite book |author1=Lewis, Jane |author2=Brodie, Juliet |title=Unravelling the algae: the past, present, and future of algae systematics |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton |year=2007 |pages=186 |isbn=0-8493-7989-X}} Although it was originally described by Casper in 1972, it did not receive a Latin diagnosis (a requirement for valid publication under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature) until Hibberd provided one in 1976.{{AlgaeBase taxon |id=4359 |name=Prymnesiophyceae}}

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