| NOUN | animal | division Rhodophyta, Rhodophyta | lower plants |
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| Meaning | Lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae. | |
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| Synonym | Rhodophyta | |
| Member of | Protoctista, kingdom Protoctista | In most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista |
| Members | Rhodophyceae, class Rhodophyceae | coextensive with the Rhodophyta |
| red algae | marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment | |
| Broader | division | (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger / larger category |
| Spanish | rodófitos | |
| Catalan | rodòfits | |
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