chrysophyta

1. Mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment;
   Yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae;
   Some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta (synset 101402413)
   is a type of: division - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
   member holonym:

   • golden algae - algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll
   • yellow-green algae - any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment
   • chrysophyceae, class chrysophyceae, class heterokontae, heterokontae - all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length
   • class xanthophyceae, xanthophyceae - yellow-green algae
   • bacillariophyceae, class bacillariophyceae, class diatomophyceae, diatomophyceae - marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
   • heterotrichales, order heterotrichales - yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae
   belongs to: kingdom protoctista, protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
   same as: division chrysophyta

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