Chrysophyceae

Chrysophyceae

"Golden algae. A diverse group of organisms including flagellated, amoeboid, and nonmotile forms, some naked and others with a cell wall that may be ornamented with siliceous scales. At least 1,000 species."
Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromista
Division Chrysophyta – golden-brown algae
Class Chrysophyceae
Direct Children:
Genus Pelagococcus
Order Chromalinales
Order Chrysamoebidales
Order Chrysapiales
Order Chrysocapsales
Order Chrysosphaerales
Order Dictyochales
Order Ochromonadales
Order Phaeothamniales
Order Rhizochrysidales
Order Thallochrysidales

References

  • Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
  • Chrysophyceae, Taxonomic Serial No.: 1448
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