| Golden algae | |
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| Dinobryon divergens, a tree like sessile form with cells in the cup-like shells | |
Scientific classification 
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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, 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]
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.
- ^ Pascher, A (1914). "Über Flagellaten und Algen". Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft. 32: 136–160. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1914.tb07573.x. S2CID 257830577.
- ^ NCBI. Taxonomy Browser (Chrysophyceae)
- ^ "Introduction to the Chrysophyta". Retrieved 2009-06-13.
- ^ "Golden Alga: Management Data Series 236: Management of Prymnesium parvum at Texas State Fish Hatcheries".