Pedigree: Phylum Rhodophyta (Red Algae)

The PEDIGREE of

Phylum Rhodophyta (Red Algae)

aka Subkingdom Rhodoplantae; aka Class Rhodophyceae

"Child(ren)": Class Cyanidiophyceae (primitive red algae) ; Subphylum Rhodophytina (various algae & seaweeds) ; 9000 species altogether

______	______	______	______	______	______	______	______	______	______	______	______
										/	-- Eurybacteria (Traditional Model) +	====> [ 45]
									/	-- Superphylum Endobacteria
									/		\| OR: Subkingdom Terrabacteria +	====> [ 45]
								/	-- Phylum Actinobacteria
							/	-- Class Actinobacteridae
						/	-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium
						/		\| OR: (NN), a very special Archaeote +				====> [ 52]
					/	-- (NN), a Nucleated Cell
					\|	\		/	-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium +			====> [ 49]
					\|	\|	/	-- Superdomain of Neomura
					\|	\|	\|	\	\| or: (NN), a Bacterium
					\|	\|	/	\	-- Clostridium +			====> [ 50]
					/	\	-- (NN), a Cell Nucleus
				/	-- Domain of Eukaryotes (2100 M BC)
				\|	\			/	-- Phylum Proteobacteria (kin) +			====> [ 47]
				\|	\|		/	-- Class Alphaproteobacteria
				\|	\|	/	-- Order Rickettsiales
				/	\	-- Pre-Mitochondrion Bacteria
			/	-- Subdomain Bikonta
			/		\| (skip this generation?)
		/	-- Superempire Corticata
	/	-- Empire of Archaeplastida
	\|	\	\| OR: Kingdom of Archaeplastida (Eight Kingdom Model) +									====> [ 45]
	\|	\|						/	-- Earlier life (Based on RNA) +			====> [ 40]
	\|	\|					/	-- Earlier Life (Based on RNA and Protein)
	\|	\|				/	-- Last Universal Ancestor of Present Life
	\|	\|			/	-- Proto-Bacteria (Traditional Model)
	\|	\|		/	-- Glycobacteria (Traditional Model)
	\|	\|		/		\| OR: Subkingdom Terrabacteria (Terra-Hydro Model) +						====> [ 45]
	\|	\|	/	-- Phylum of Cyanobacteria (3000 M BC)
	/	\	-- Chloroplastid
/	-- Superkingdom of Metabionta
/		\| or: poss. Clade of Excavata and Rhodophyta
- Phylum Rhodophyta (Red Algae)

(poss.) ``3(+)-Great Grandchildren:'' Family Laminariaceae ; Class Phaeophyceae (Brown Algae) ; Phylum Apicomplexa (parasitic protozoa) ; Phylum Ciliophora (Ciliates) ; Phylum Miozoa ; Superphylum Retaria ; Order Corallinales (coralline algae)

(poss.) ``8(+)-Great Grandchildren:'' Genus Plasmodium (malarial parasite) ; Suborder Parameciina ; Subclass Gymnodiniphycidae ; Subfamily Globigerininae