Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			(F.E. Fritsch, in G.S. West & F.E. Fritsch, 1927) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1986, nom. bot. nov., orth. van.
Original name	:			West, G.S. & Fritsch, F.E. 1927. Treat. Brit. Freshw. Alg. (ed. 2): 23, 387. (F.E. Fritsch). [class "Cryptophyceae", nom. descript.].
Subsequent rank	:			Cavalier-Smith, T. 1986. In F.E. Round & D.J. Chapman (eds.), Progress in Phycological Research 4: 338 ("Cryptophyta"). [nom. typific.].
Original use as a botanical name	:			loc. cit.
Subsequent spelling	:			Cavalier-Smith, T. 1989[1990]. In J.C. Green, B.S.C. Leadbeater & W.L. Diver (eds.), Syst. Assoc. Spec. Vol. (no. 38): table 20.1 (p. 385: "(syn. Cryptophyta)").
Emended diagnosis (emend.)	:			Cavalier-Smith, T. 2004. In R.P. Hirt & D.S. Horner (eds.), Syst. Assoc. Spec. Vol. (no. 68): table 4.1 (p. 77) ("Cavalier-Smith 1986 emend.").

Attributes

Original botanical name (: nom. bot. nov.)				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 18 Jan 2024.
Emendation of suffix/termination (: nom. emend.)				Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1989[1990]. In J.C. Green, B.S.C. Leadbeater & W.L. Diver (eds.), Syst. Assoc. Spec. Vol. (no. 38): 393 ("I therefore feel justified in changing its suffix to -ista"). [new]
Incorrect termination of typified name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 16.3 (phylum-subclass)]				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 18 Jan 2024.
Botanical name (: nom. bot.)				Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004. In R.P. Hirt & D.S. Horner (eds.), Syst. Assoc. Spec. Vol. (no. 68): table 4.1 (p. 77). [both subphyla have Latin diagnoses]. [implicit]
Intended orthographical correction (orth. inval.: orth. van.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 61.2 Ex.1]				Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 18 Jan 2024.

Types

Type, by inheritance

:

Cryptomonas (Genus) Ehrenb. (1831)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1986: 338. [inferred]

Variants

Name in current code of nomenclature	:	Cryptista (Phylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1986		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2015: table 1 (p. 344). [inferred]
Original spelling	:	Cryptophyta (Phylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1989[1990]: 393, table 20.1 (p. 385). [new]
Preferred termination	:	Cryptophyta (Phylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)
Former termination	:	Cryptophyta (Phylum) Caval.-Sm. (1986)		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 2 (p. 961).

Synonyms

Vernacular name

:

cryptomonads ([unranked])