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Hoek, Mann and Jahns system

Hoek, Mann and Jahns system is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hoek, Mann and Jahns system rather than just read about it. In short: The Hoek, Mann and Jahns system is a system of taxonomy of algae. It was first published in Algae: An Introduction to Phycology by Cambridge University Press in 1995.

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Reference excerpt

The Hoek, Mann and Jahns system is a system of taxonomy of algae. It was first published in Algae: An Introduction to Phycology by Cambridge University Press in 1995.

Division Cyanophyta (= Cyanobacteria)

Class Cyanophyceae Order Chroococcales (e.g., Cyanothece, Aphanothece, Merismopedia, Chroococcus, Gloeocapsa, Microcystis, Chamaesiphon) Order Pleurocapsales (e.g., Cyanocystis, Pleurocapsa) Order Oscillatoriales (e.g., Oscillatoria, Lyngbya, Microcoleus) Order Nostocales (e.g., Nostoc, Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Scytonema, Rivularia) Order Stigonematales (e.g., Stigonema)

Division Prochlorophyta

Class Prochlorophyceae (e.g., Prochloron, Prochlorococcus, Prochlorothrix)

Division Glaucophyta

Class Glaucophyceae (e.g., Cyanophora, Glaucocystis)

Division Rhodophyta

Class Bangiophyceae Order Porphyridiales (e.g., Porphyridium, Chroodactylon) Order Rhodochaetales (e.g., Rhodochaete) Order Erythropeltidales (e.g., Erythrotrichia) Order Compsogonales Order Bangiales (e.g., Porphyra, Bangia) Class Florideophyceae Order Acrochaetiales (e.g., Audouinella) Order Palmariales (e.g., Palmaria, Rhodophysema) Order Nemaliales (e.g., Nemalion, Galaxaura) Order Batrachospermales (e.g., Lemanea, Batrachospermum) Order Corallinales (e.g., Lithophyllum, Jania) Order Hildebrandiales Order Bonnemaisoniales Order Gelidiales (e.g., Gelidium) Order Gigartinales (e.g., Acrosymphyton, Dumontia, Chondrus, Mastocarpus) Order Gracilariales Order Ahnfeltiales Order Rhodymeniales (e.g., Chylocladia) Order Ceramiales (e.g., Polysiphonia, Callithamnion, Ceramium, Hypoglossum)

Division Heterokontophyta

Class Chrysophyceae Order Ochromonadales (e.g., Ochromonas, Pseudokephyrion, Dinobryon) Order Mallomonadales (= Class Synurophyceae, e.g., Mallomonas, Synura) Order Pedinellales (= Class Pedinellophyceae, e.g., Pedinella) Order Chrysamoebidales (e.g., Rhizochrysis, Chrysarachnion) Order Chrysocapsales (e.g., Chrysocapsa, Hydrurus) Order Chrysosphaerales (e.g., Chrysosphaera) Order Phaeothamniales (e.g., Phaeothamnion, Thallochrysis) Class Parmophyceae Order Parmales (e.g., Pentalamina) Class Sarcinochrysidophyceae Order Sarcinochrysidales (e.g., Ankylochrysis, Sarcinochrysis, Nematochrysis) Genus Pelagococcus (relative of the Chrysophyceae) Class Xanthophyceae Order Chloramoebales (e.g., Chloromeson) Order Rhizochloridales (e.g., Rhizochloris, Myxochloris) Order Heterogloeales (e.g., Gloeochloris) Order Mischococcales (e.g., Chloridella, Botrydiopsis, Characiopsis, Ophiocytium) Order Tribonematales (e.g., Tribonema, Heterococcus, Heterodendron) Order Botrydiales (e.g., Botrydium) Order Vaucheriales (e.g., Vaucheria) Class Eustigmatophyceae (e.g., Ellipsoidion, Eustigmatos [= Pleurochloris], Polyedriella, Vischeria, Chlorobotrys, Nannochloropsis) Class Bacillariophyceae (= Diatomophyceae) Order Pennales (e.g., Navicula, Gyrosigma, Achnanthes, Tabellaria, Nitzschia, Surirella) Order Centrales (e.g., Coscinodiscus, Thalassiosira, Stephanodiscus, Cerataulus, Triceratium, Odontella, Rhizosolenia) Class Raphidophyceae (e.g., Chatonella, Gonyostomum, Merotrichia, Vacuolaria, Fibrocapsa) Class Dictyochophyceae (e.g., Dictyocha) Class Phaeophyceae Order Ectocarpales (e.g., Phaeostroma, Spongonema, Ectocarpus) Order Sphacelariales (e.g., Sphacelaria) Order Syringodermatales Order Dictyotales (e.g., Dictyota) Order Scytosiphonales (e.g., Scytosiphon) Order Cutleriales (e.g., Cutleria) Order Dictyosiphonales (e.g., Dictyosiphon) Order Chordariales (e.g., Sphaerotrichia, Liebmania, Elachista) Order Sporochnales Order Desmarestiales (e.g., Desmarestia) Order Laminariales (e.g., Laminaria, Chorda) Order Fucales (e.g., Fucus, Hormosira) Order Durvillaeales (e.g., Durvillaea) Order Ascoseirales Class Bicocoecida (e.g., Pseudobodo, Cafeteria) Class Oomycetes (e.g., Phytophthora) Class Hyphochytridiomycetes Class Labyrinthulomycetes

Division Haptophyta (= Prymnesiophyta)

Class Haptophyceae Order Prymnesiales (e.g., Chrysochromulina, Prymnesium, Corymbellus, Phaeocystis) Order Isochrysidales (e.g., Chrysotila, Pleurochrysis [= Hymenomonas]) Order Coccolithophorales (e.g., Emiliania, Syracosphaera, Discosphaera) Order Pavlovales (e.g., Pavlova)

Division Cryptophyta

Class Cryptophyceae (e.g., Cryptomonas, Chilomonas, Bjornbergiella)

Division Dinophyta

Class Dinophyceae Order Gymnodiniales (e.g., Gymnodinium, Symbiodinium, Polykrikos) Order Gloeodiniales (e.g., Gloeodinium) Order Thoracosphaerales (e.g., Thoracosphaera) Order Phytodiniales (= Dinococcales, e.g., Phytodinium) Order Dinotrichales (e.g., Dinoclonium) Order Dinamoebidales (e.g., Stylodinium, Dinamoebidium) Order Noctilucales (e.g., Noctiluca) Order Blastodiniales (e.g., Blastodinium) Order Syndiniales Order Peridiniales (e.g., Peridinium, Protoperidinium, Ceratium, Gonyaulax) Order Dynophysiales (e.g., Dinophysis, Triposolenia, Amphisolenia, Ornithocercus, Histioneis) Order Prorocentrales (e.g., Prorocentrum)

Division Euglenophyta

Class Euglenophyceae Order Euglenales (e.g., Euglena, Astasia) Order Eutreptiales Order Euglenamorphales Order Rhabdomonadales Order Sphenomonadales Order Heteronematales

Division Chlorarachniophyta

Class Chlorarachniophyceae (e.g., Chlorarachnion)

Division Chlorophyta

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Hoek, Mann and Jahns system

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hoek, Mann and Jahns system ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hoek, Mann and Jahns system

In research: Hoek, Mann and Jahns system appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hoek, Mann and Jahns system in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hoek, Mann and Jahns system is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Systems of algal taxonomy, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hoek, Mann and Jahns system outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Hoek, Mann and Jahns system in simple terms?

The Hoek, Mann and Jahns system is a system of taxonomy of algae. It was first published in Algae: An Introduction to Phycology by Cambridge University Press in 1995.

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