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Chromista
Chromista
See also: chromista
Translingual
Proper noun
Chromista
- A taxonomic taxon within the subkingdom Biciliata – all algae whose chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and c.. [from 1981]
- A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota.[1]
Hyponyms
- (taxon): Cryptista, Ochrophyta, Bigyra, Sagenista, Haptophyta - phyla
- (kingdom): Chromobiota, Cryptista - subkingdoms[1]
References
- 1 2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521