List of Chromista by conservation status

As of September 2021[update], the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 15 species within Chromista.

[1] The IUCN has not evaluated any protist species other than those in Chromista.

No Chromista subspecies or subpopulations have been evaluated.

No evaluated Chromista species are confirmed to be extinct, but four are tagged as possibly extinct.

As of 2005[update] the New Zealand Threat Classification System has evaluated 38 species of macroalgae as Threatened and 23 as Data Deficient.

0 extinct in the wild species in Chromista (0.00%) 4 critically endangered species in Chromista (27%) 1 endangered species in Chromista (6.7%) 1 vulnerable species in Chromista (6.7%) 0 near threatened species in Chromista (0.00%) 0 least concern species in Chromista (0.00%) 9 data deficient species in Chromista (60%)
Extinct: 0 species (0.0%) Nationally Critical: 1 species (1.7%) Range Restricted: 37 species (61.7%) Not Threatened: 0 species (0.0%) Data Deficient: 22 species (36.7%)