protoctist order
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The order of protoctists (synset 101349840)
is a type of: order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more familiessubtypes:
- heterotrichales, order heterotrichales - yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae
- laminariales, order laminariales - in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas
- order ulvales, ulvales - an order of protoctist
- order volvocales, volvocales - chiefly freshwater green algae; solitary or colonial
- chlorococcales, order chlorococcales - unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores
- oedogoniales, order oedogoniales - simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae
- charales, order charales - small order of macroscopic fresh and brackish water algae with a distinct axis: stoneworts
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
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