Chrysophyta

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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokont

Chrysophyta Synonyms

• Chrysophyta
• division Chrysophyta