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Yellow Green Algae

Xanthophyceae

Xanthophyceae (Yellow Green Algae) is a class of heterokont. There are 454 species of Yellow Green Algae, in 97 genera and 18 families. It includes groups like Chloramoebaceae.

EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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45 m

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Yellow Green Algae Habitats

The environments in which many yellow-green algae species are known to live. Select an environment to see its yellow-green algae species checklist.

yellow-green algae Habitats

The environments in which many yellow-green algae species are known to live. Select an environment to see its yellow-green algae species checklist.

yellow-green algae includes 7 children: