Heterokontophyta

Translingual

Etymology

From English heterokont (“alga with unequal flagella”) + -ophyta.

Proper noun

Heterokontophyta

1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Chromalveolata – the heterokontophytes, a major line of eukaryotes.

Usage notes

• Note: Wikispecies, instead, has Heterokonta as a division under Chromalveolata

Hyponyms

• Coloured groups (alga like)

  Actinochrysophyceae

  Bacillariophyceae

  Bolidophyceae

  Chrysophyceae

  Eustigmatophyceae

  Pelagophyceae

  Phaeophyceae

  Phaeothamniophyceae

  Raphidophyceae

  Synurophyceae

  Xanthophyceae

• Colourless groups (fungus like)

  Bicosoecea

  Hyphochytridiomycetes

  Labyrinthulomycetes

  Oomycetes

  Opalinea

  Proteromonadea

See also

• Heterokonta
• Ochrophyta

Further reading

• Heterokontophyta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ochrophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies