Chrysophyceae — n. a class of yellow green algae, all of which have flagella of unequal length. Syn: class Chrysophyceae, Heterokontae, class Heterokontae. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chrysophyceae — noun all the yellow green algae having flagella of unequal length • Syn: ↑class Chrysophyceae, ↑Heterokontae, ↑class Heterokontae • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysophyta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
class Heterokontae — noun all the yellow green algae having flagella of unequal length • Syn: ↑Chrysophyceae, ↑class Chrysophyceae, ↑Heterokontae • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Chrysophyta, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Chrysophyceae — class of algae commonly known as golden algae (q.v.). * * * … Universalium
Chrysophyceae — Chrys·o·phy·ce·ae (kris″o fiґse e) a class of free swimming, flagellate, ameboid, plantlike organisms, traditionally considered protozoa but now assigned to the algae phylum Phaeophyta. Species may live in either salt or fresh water and… … Medical dictionary
golden algae — ▪ class of algae also called golden brown algae, members of the class Chrysophyceae (about 1,200 species) found in both marine and fresh waters. Diverse in form, although most are primitive single celled flagellates, they are… … Universalium
algae — algal, adj. /al jee/, n.pl., sing. alga / geuh/. any of numerous groups of chlorophyll containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single celled forms to multicellular forms 100 ft. (30 m) or more long, distinguished… … Universalium
Chrysophyta — noun 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green and golden brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed … Useful english dictionary
division Chrysophyta — noun 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green and golden brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed … Useful english dictionary
Heterokont — Taxobox name = Heterokonts image caption = Pacific rockweed, Fucus distichus , in Olympic National Park domain = Eukaryota regnum = Chromalveolata phylum = Heterokontophyta subdivision ranks = Typical classes subdivision = *Colored groups (alga… … Wikipedia