English > Chlorophyceae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments. |
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| Synonym | class Chlorophyceae |
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| Member of | Chlorophyta, division Chlorophyta | large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll ... / chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls |
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| Members | Chlorococcales, order Chlorococcales | unicellular green algae that reproduce by spores |
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| Oedogoniales, order oedogoniales | simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae |
| Ulvales, order Ulvales | An order of protoctist |
| Volvocales, order Volvocales | chiefly freshwater green algae |
| Zygnematales, order Zygnematales, Zygnemales, order Zygnemales | pond scums |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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| Spanish | clorofíceos, clorofíceus |
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