Golden Algae

Chrysophyceae

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Chrysophyceae (Golden Algae) is a group of heterokont. There are 184 species of golden algae, in 178 genera and 28 families. This group has been around since the Campanian Age. Golden Algae includes groups like Apoikiaceae and Synurids. They are passively mobile organisms.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/passivelyMobile
Definition: Organisms that are mobile but do not move actively, e.g., floating organisms and epibionts on living mobile organisms.
Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html

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EOL has data for 16 attributes, including:

cell mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000036
- Definition: Mass of one cell.
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CORRUPTED VALUE: (data missing, keys: trait, predicate, units, statistical_method_term, eol_pk, method, citation, resource_pk, scientific_name, source, remarks, resource_id, id)
eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Bacteria
ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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algae
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q37868
- Definition: aquatic, photosynthetic, and non vascular eukaryotic organisms (a polyphyletic group)
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first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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Campanian Age
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Campanian
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Europe
is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Serpulidae (calcareous tubeworms)
known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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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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mixotrophic
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/mixotrophy
- Definition: Deriving energy from more than one category of energy source. eg: light energy and organic matter.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of golden algae. View this species on GBIF

golden algae Habitats

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

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Golden Algae Habitats

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

golden algae includes 15 children: