English > Chlorophyceae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | 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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