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Golden Algae

Chrysophyceae

Chrysophyceae (Golden Algae) is a class of heterokont. There are 184 species of Golden Algae, in 178 genera and 28 families. This class has been around since the neoproterozoic era. It includes groups like Archaeomonadaceae, Apoikiaceae, and Thallochrysidaceae. 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 14 attributes, including:

cell mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000036
- Definition: Mass of one cell.
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CORRUPTED VALUE for trait R118-PK214800363
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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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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neoproterozoic era
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Neoproterozoic
- 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. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Europe
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255148
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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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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 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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