Golden algae
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The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae or golden algae, are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater.[3] Golden algae is also commonly used to refer to a single species, Prymnesium parvum, which causes fish kills.[4]
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Golden algae | |
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Dinobryon divergens, a tree like sessile form with cells in the cup-like shells | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Superclass: | Limnistia |
Class: | Chrysophyceae Pascher, 1914[1] |
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Chromulinales | |
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The Chrysophyceae should not be confused with the Chrysophyta, which is a more ambiguous taxon. Although "chrysophytes" is the anglicization of "Chrysophyta", it generally refers to the Chrysophyceae.