class bacillariophyceae

Noun
  1. Marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms (synset 101403532)
    is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    member holonym: diatom - microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
    belongs to: chrysophyta, division chrysophyta - 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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
    same as: bacillariophyceae, class diatomophyceae, diatomophyceae

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