Chrysophyta
This group usually has one or two golden-brown chloroplasts (chlorophyll-containing bodies). The cells are surrounded by membranes or have walls containing a small amount of silica and most are motile. Some species are found in salt water but the majority are located in lakes, pools and ditches.
 Synura uvella |
"Golden algae and diatoms. Autotrophic organisms with chlorophylls a and c and the accessory pigment fucoxanthan. Food stored as the carbohydrate leucosin or as large oil droplets. Cell walls consisting mainly of pectic compounds, sometimes heavily impregnated with siliceous materials. Some 6,000 to 10,000 living species."
Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
 dinobryon-divergens |
| Taxonomic Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Chromista |
| Subkingdom | Chromista |
| Division | Chrysophyta – golden-brown algae, chrysophycophytes |
| Direct Children: | |
| Class | Chrysophyceae |
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