Yellow-green algae or xanthophytes are an important group of heterokont algae. Most live in freshwater, but some are found in marine and soil habitats. They vary from single-celled flagellates to simple colonial and filamentous forms. Xanthophyte chloroplasts contain the photosynthetic pigments Chlorophyll a, Chlorophyll c, β-Carotene, and the ca...
members of the class Xanthophyceae (division Chromophyta), consisting of approximately 600 species, once classified with the green algae on the basis ... [1 related articles]
[n] - any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment
noun any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment