What is the taxonomy of plankton (phytoplankton)?

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Domain, kingdom, phylum, genus and species name for phytoplankton?

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There are too many types to give you the complete taxonomy for them all. Phytoplankton just refers to very small (most are microscopic) photosynthetic organisms, and these can be true algae (domain eukarya), cyanobacteria (domain eubacteria), and even some that are archaebacteria. So that would put then into kingdoms of Archaea, Monera, and Protista. Beyond these, there are a lot of Phyla (Cyanophyta, Pyrrhophyta, Chrysophyta, Cryptophyta, Chlorophyta), families (Cyanophyceae, Dinophyceae, Prymnesiophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Cryptophyceae, Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyceae), and even more genera and species depending on what specific organisms are involved.

This link has some photos with the genus and species names: http://www.serc.si.edu/labs/phytoplankton/primer/phyto.jsp

This link has a more complete list of the taxomony: http://www.smhi.se/oceanografi/oce_info_data/plankton_checklist/ssshome.htm

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