Phytomastigophora

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | 337 words | Copyright

Phytomastigophora (subphylum Mastigophora) In protozoan classification, a class of flagellated, plant-like microscopic organisms which typically possess chloroplasts and are photosynthetic. These organisms are often regarded as algae (e.g. Chlamydomonas, Chrysophyta, cryptophytes, Dinophyta, Euglenophyta, Prymnesiophyceae, and Volvox).

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