SAPROLEGNIACEAE Kütz. ex Warm.
(water moulds)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of ID refs
Achlya a genus of water moulds	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 ident. refs
Newbya a genus of fungoid organisms	Genus	2 subtaxa	2 ident. refs
Scoliolegnia a fungus	Genus	1 subtaxa	1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	SAPROLEGNIACEAE (water moulds)
Order	SAPROLEGNIALES (water moulds)
Class	PERONOSPOREA (a class of fungoid organisms)
Phylum	OOMYCOTA (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

SAPROLEGNIACEAE is also a member of:
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Oomycota)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Oomycota)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

SAPROLEGNIACEAE (water moulds) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

SAPROLEGNIALES
(water moulds)

OOMYCOTA
(a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SAPROLEGNIACEAE (water moulds)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SAPROLEGNIACEAE (water moulds)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

SAPROLEGNIACEAE is also a member of:

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