Chrysophyta ( Golden-Brown Algae )

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
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
dinobryon-divergens

 

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromista
Division Chrysophyta – golden-brown algae, chrysophycophytes
Direct Children:
Class Chrysophyceae

References

  • Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
  • A Golden Guide: Non-Flowering Plants ©1967
  • Chrysophyta, Taxonomic Serial No.: 1447
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