Achlya stellata de Bary
(a water mould)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Achlya stellata (a water mould)
Genus	Achlya (Bot.) (a genus of water moulds)
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)

Achlya stellata 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.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Dick, M.W.	1960	A critical study of the taxonomy of the Achlya spinosa, A. stellata, A. cornuta complex	TBMS Vol 43 (3): 479-488, Plate 12.

Achlya stellata (a water mould) may also 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))

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Achlya stellata (a water mould)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Achlya stellata is also a member of:

Identification Works

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