class chlorophyceae
Noun
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Algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments (synset 101410106)
is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersmember holonym:
- order ulvales, ulvales - an order of protoctist
- order volvocales, volvocales - chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial
- order zygnemales, order zygnematales, zygnemales, zygnematales - pond scums; desmids
- chlorococcales, order chlorococcales - unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores
- oedogoniales, order oedogoniales - simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae
belongs to: chlorophyta, division chlorophyta - large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plantssame as: chlorophyceae
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