💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Planktonic algae"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| planktonnoun | (uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water. |
| phytoplanktonnoun | Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis. |
| green algae | The 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 algae | Red algae, or Rhodophyta, make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. |
| cyanobacterianoun | Cyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. |
| dinoflagellatesnoun | Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella. |
| dinoflagellatenoun | Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella. |
| cyanobacterialnoun | (biology) Of or pertaining to the cyanobacteria. |
| chlorophytanoun | a 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. |
| chlorophyceaenoun | one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. |
| cyanophytanoun | prokaryotic organisms sometimes considered a class or phylum or subkingdom; coextensive with the cyanophyceae: cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) |
| cyanophyceaenoun | photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae |
| cyanophytenoun | (bacteriology) cyanobacterium |
| phylum platyhelminthesnoun | flatworms |
| diatomsnoun | Any 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. |
| polychaetanoun | Any annelid worm of the class Polychaeta |
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