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Planktonic algae

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planktonnoun(uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.
phytoplanktonnounPlankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.
green algaeThe green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta.
brown algae(: alga) a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class Phaeophyceae.
red algaeRed algae, or Rhodophyta, make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae.
cyanobacterianounCyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis.
dinoflagellatesnounAny of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
dinoflagellatenounAny of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella.
cyanobacterialnoun(biology) Of or pertaining to the cyanobacteria.
chlorophytanouna division of green algae informally called chlorophytes.
cyanobacteriumnoun(biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria.
zooplanktonnoun(zoology) Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals.
chlorophyceaenounone of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology.
cyanophytanounprokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
cyanophyceaenounphotosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae
cyanophytenoun(bacteriology) cyanobacterium
phylum platyhelminthesnounflatworms
diatomsnounAny of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
zooxanthellaenoun(zooxanthella) a colloquial term for single-celled dinoflagellates that are able to live in symbiosis with diverse marine invertebrates including demosponges, corals, jellyfish, and nudibranchs.
polychaetanounAny annelid worm of the class Polychaeta

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