English > Chrysophyta: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | 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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta. |
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| Synonym | division Chrysophyta |
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| Member of | Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista | In most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista |
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| Members | Bacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Diatomophyceae | marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae |
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| Chrysophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class Heterokontae | All the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length |
| Heterotrichales, order Heterotrichales | yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments |
| Xanthophyceae, class Xanthophyceae | yellow-green algae |
| golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
| yellow-green algae | Any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
| Broader | division | (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger / larger category |
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