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Chrysophyta

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 Definition: [n]  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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
 
 Synonyms: division Chrysophyta
 
 See Also: Bacillariophyceae, Chrysophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, class Diatomophyceae, class Heterokontae, class Xanthophyceae, Diatomophyceae, division, golden algae, Heterokontae, Heterotrichales, kingdom Protoctista, order Heterotrichales, Protoctista, Xanthophyceae, yellow-green algae

 

 

 

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