Golden algae
Chrysophyceae
The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae or golden algae are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater. Golden algae is also commonly used to refer to a single species, Prymnesium parvum, which causes fish kills.
12 branches of this class, most-observed first
Synurales
orderSynurales
Chromulinales
orderChromulinales
Ochromonadales
orderOchromonadales
Paraphysomonadales
orderParaphysomonadales
Chrysosaccales
orderChrysosaccales
Hibberdiales
orderHibberdiales
Hydrurales
orderHydrurales
Phaeoplacales
orderPhaeoplacales
Apoikiales
orderApoikiales
Rhizochrysidales
orderRhizochrysidales
Segregatospumellales
orderSegregatospumellales
Thallochrysidales
orderThallochrysidales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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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 51943.