Definition of Chrysophyta

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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.


Medical Definition of Chrysophyta

1. Division or Class of algae, coloured golden brown due to high levels of the xanthophyll, fucoxanthin. Mostly single celled or colonial. Also call Chrysomonadida by protozoologists. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysophyta

Chrysochloris
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis chrysophylla
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Chrysolophus
Chrysolophus pictus
Chrysomelidae
Chrysomyia
Chrysophrys
Chrysophrys auratus
Chrysophrys australis
Chrysophyceae
Chrysophyllum
Chrysophyllum cainito
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Chrysophyta
Chrysopidae
Chrysops
Chrysopsis
Chrysopsis mariana
Chrysopsis villosa
Chrysosplenium
Chrysosplenium americanum
Chrysosporium parvum
Chrysothamnus
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Chu Kiang
Chuadanga District
Chuang-tzu
Chubi

Literary usage of Chrysophyta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Effects of the Eruptions of Mount St. Helens on Physical, Chemical, and by Douglas B. Lee (1998)
"Embrey and Dion (1988) reported population numbers for organisms belonging to the Chlorophyta, chrysophyta, Cyanophyta, Cryptophyta, Euglenophyta, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"It occurs as an accessory pigment in the diatoms and some other chrysophyta, in the dinoflagellates (Pyrrhophyta), and in the brown algae (Phaeophyta). ..."

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