chrysophyta

Chlorophyta and Chrysophyta were also well represented within the periphyton community of some wetlands.

The Chrysophyceae should not be confused with the Chrysophyta, which is a more ambiguous taxon.

Classification of the phylum Chrysophyta according to Margulis et al. (1990):

Many of the chrysophyta precursor fossils entirely lacked any type of photosynthesis-capable pigment.

Although "chrysophytes" is the anglicization of "Chrysophyta", it generally refers to the Chrysophyceae.

Pascher (1914) included the Heterokontae in Chrysophyta.

Class Chrysophyceae (Chrysophyta)

In the classification of Smith (1938), there are six orders in the class Xanthophyceae, placed in the division Chrysophyta:

An evaluation of taxonomic characters in the subsection Sessiles, section Corniculatae, of Vaucheria (Vaucheriaceae, Chrysophyta).

While every kingdom of life is represented in the microfossil record, the most abundant forms are protist skeletons or cysts from the Chrysophyta, Pyrrhophyta, Sarcodina, acritarchs and chitinozoans, together with pollen and spores from the vascular plants.

Among the flora recorded are 417 species of trees, several species of orchids and species of medicinal plants; 179 species of phytoplankton belonging to Chorophyta, Cyanophyta, Bacillariophyta, Euglenophyta, Pyrrophyta and Chrysophyta have been observed in the lake as well.

As enrichment continues, erratic and sometimes severe outbreaks of different algal taxa (e.g. Chrysophyta, Haptophyta, Dinophyta) can not only negatively affect water quality and the aquatic food web, but can cause fish kills (e.g., Adachi 1965; Kamiya et al 1979; Hansen et al.