Golden algae

Golden algae
Dinobryon divergens, a tree like sessile form with cells in the cup-like shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Superclass: Limnistia
Class: Chrysophyceae
Pascher, 1914[1]
Orders[2]

Chromulinales
Chrysosphaerales
Hibberdiales
Hydrurales
Phaeothamniales

Synonyms

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ NCBI. Taxonomy Browser (Chrysophyceae)
  3. ^ "Introduction to the Chrysophyta". Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  4. ^ "Golden Alga: Management Data Series 236: Management of Prymnesium parvum at Texas State Fish Hatcheries".