Chrysophyta

Of division and Protoctista.   May also be referred to as division Chrysophyta.

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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.

This concept's ID is @1~7028

Class

Alga

  • yellow-green algae 1 facts

    Any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow p...

  • golden algae 0 facts

    Algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll.

Also contains

  • Heterotrichales 1 facts

    Yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family...