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Chlorophyta

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Noun1.Chlorophyta - large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
division Chlorophyta
kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals
Chlorophyceae, class Chlorophyceae - algae distinguished chiefly by having flagella and a clear green color, their chlorophyll being masked little if at all by other pigments
chlorophyte, green algae - algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water
class Ulvophyceae, Ulvophyceae - alternative name for the class Chlorophyceae in some classifications
Charophyceae, class Charophyceae - in some classifications: contains only the order Charales
division - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category
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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Dentre os organismos fitoplanctônicos no concentrado alimentar, o grupo Chlorophyta foi dominante, representando 88,72% do total observado, seguido de Cyanobacteria com 7,22%, Chrysophyta com 4,03%, Pyrrophyta com 0,02% e Euglenophyta com 0,01% (Figura 1).
Comportamento alimentar e qualidade da agua em tanques de criacao de ... by Sipaúba-Tavares, Lúcia Helena; Leite de Morais, Joceli Cristina; Verardino De Stéfani, Marta / Acta Scientiarum Animal Sciences (UEM)
Intertidal oyster and mussel, however, exhibited significant flagellate marker, 22:6(n - 3), and lower level of diatom markers, which indicated that flagellates are also part of intertidal bivalves' planktonic food sources; meanwhile, high level of Chlorophyta fatty acid marker, [GAMMA]18:2(n - 6) + 18:3(n - 3), suggested that Ulva pertusa (Chlorophyta) seaweed bed supplied important food sources to intertidal bivalves.
Food sources of three bivalves living in two habitats of Jiaozhou Bay ... by Xu, Qiang; Yang, Hongsheng / Journal of Shellfish Research
Rhodophyta can be found in saltwater environments, chlorophyta in freshwater environments, and cyanobacteria in both environments.
Which Common Algae Consumes the Most Oxygen, and Produces the Most ... by Gaskins, Ann N. / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
 
 
 
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