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Red algae

Any algae of the phyla Rhodophyta, principally, and Glaucophyta, mostly reddish in colour.

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    Any algae of the phyla Rhodophyta, principally, and Glaucophyta, mostly reddish in colour.

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cryptophyceaeThe cryptophyceae are a class of algae, most of which have plastids.
rhodophytenoun(biology) Any red alga (of phylum Rhodophyta).
porphyridium cruentuma species of red algae in the family Porphyridiophyceae.
trebouxiophyceaenoun—
red alganounAny algae of the phyla Rhodophyta, principally, and Glaucophyta, mostly reddish in color.
scenedesmusa genus of green algae, in the class Chlorophyceae.
chlorophytaa division of green algae informally called chlorophytes.
pyropiaa genus of red algae in the family Bangiaceae.
alganoun(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
isochrysidaceae—
raphidophytenoun(biology) Any of a group of unicellular algae of the class Raphidophyceae
haptophytenoun(microbiology) A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits
cyanobacteriaCyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis.
chlorophyceaeone of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology.
corallinenounAny calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
chlorarachniophytenounAny of a group of mixotrophic algae found in tropical oceans.
pelagophytenounAny of several heterokont algae of the class Pelagophyceae.
charophyceaea class of charophyte green algae.
phytobenthosnoun(biology) Benthic organisms that are plants or algae.
plantnoun(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

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