kelp, diatoms, and allies
Chromista
The Chromista is a eukaryotic supergroup, probably polyphyletic, which may be treated as a separate kingdom or included among the Protista. They include all algae whose chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and c, as well as various colorless forms that are closely related to them. These chloroplasts are surrounded by four membranes, and are believed to have been acquired from some red algae.
18 branches of this kingdom, most-observed first
Ochrophyta
phylumOchrophyta
Ciliates
phylumCiliophora
Water Molds
phylumOomycota
dinoflagellates and allies
phylumMiozoa
Foraminifers
phylumForaminifera
Cercozoa
phylumCercozoa
Cryptista
phylumCryptista
Bigyra
phylumBigyra
Heliozoa
phylumHeliozoa
Radiolarians
phylumRadiozoa
Haptophyta
phylumHaptophyta
Hyphochytriomycota
phylumHyphochytriomycota
Retaria
phylumRetaria
Telonemia
phylumTelonemia
Gyrista
phylumGyrista
Picozoa
phylumPicozoa
Acavomonidia
phylumAcavomonidia
Endohelea
classEndohelea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Chromista in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48222.