Yellow-green algae
Xanthophyceae
Yellow-green algae or the Xanthophyceae (xanthophytes) are an important group of heterokont algae. Most live in fresh water, but some are found in marine and soil habitats. They vary from single-celled flagellates to simple colonial and filamentous forms. Xanthophyte chloroplasts contain the photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a, chlorophyll c, β-carotene, and the carotenoid diadinoxanthin. Unlike other heterokonts, their chloroplasts do not contain fucoxanthin, which accounts for their lighter colour. Their storage polysaccharide is chrysolaminarin. Xanthophyte cell walls...
8 branches of this class, most-observed first
Vaucheriales
orderVaucheriales
Botrydiales
orderBotrydiales
Mischococcales
orderMischococcales
Tribonematales
orderTribonematales
Heterogloeales
orderHeterogloeales
Rhizochloridales
orderRhizochloridales
Chytridiochloris
genusChytridiochloris
Chloramoebales
orderChloramoebales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53659.