Classification in context

Lineage

  1. LifeLife
  2. DomainEukaryota
  3. ClassCryptophyceae
  4. OrderPyrenomonadales
  5. FamilyGeminigeraceae
  6. GenusGuillardia
  7. SpeciesGuillardia theta
Advanced classification

Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

  1. cellular organisms cellular root
  2. Eukaryota domain
  3. Cryptophyceae class
  4. Pyrenomonadales order
  5. Geminigeraceae family
  6. Guillardia genus
  7. Guillardia theta species

NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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Published profiles

Source-identified Guillardia theta; Microscopy montage: transmitted light, chloroplast fluorescence and DNA staining; experimental colors. Framed for display
Species · Guillardia

Guillardia theta

Guillardia theta

Guillardia theta is a unicellular cryptophyte alga with an unusually informative evolutionary history. Its plastid descends from a red alga incorporated into …