division Chrysophyta

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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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta Chrysophyta kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: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 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 Chrysophyceae, class Chrysophyceae, class Heterokontae, Heterokontae - all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length class Xanthophyceae, Xanthophyceae - yellow-green algae Bacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae, Diatomophyceae - marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms Heterotrichales, order Heterotrichales - yellow-green algae with simple or branching filaments; comprising the single family Tribonemaceae division - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category