Definitions for: Chrysophyta


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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta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