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Life History and Ecology. Members of the Chromista are almost all aquatic organisms. These may occur, however, in both freshwater and marine environments. The Phaeophyta, for example, are primarily known for their large marine kelps, but the group also includes microscopic freshwater species. Likewise the diatoms have many marine and freshwater ...
Chromista: Brief Summary. provided by wikipedia EN. Chromista is a proposed but possibly polyphyletic biological kingdom consisting of single-celled and multicellular eukaryotic species that share similar features in their photosynthetic organelles ( plastids ).
Chromista: Systematics Move deeper into the systematics of chromist groups by selecting one of the boxes containing a picture!. For many years, photosynthetic chromists were classified as plants, while non-photosynthetic chromists were classified with the fungi or animals. The close relationship among chromists was not fully appreciated until the rise of ultrastructural and molecular studies.
Sep 5, 2017 · Thomas Cavalier-Smith. 48k Accesses. 103 Citations. 29 Altmetric. 2 Mentions. Explore all metrics. Abstract. In 1981 I established kingdom Chromista, distinguished from Plantae because of its more complex chloroplast-associated membrane topology and rigid tubular multipartite ciliary hairs.
As of September 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has evaluated the conservation status of 15 species within Chromista. The IUCN has not evaluated any protist species other than those in Chromista.
Ciliophora. Dinoflagellata. Chromalveolata was a eukaryote supergroup present in a major classification of 2005, then regarded as one of the six major groups within the eukaryotes. [3] It was a refinement of the kingdom Chromista, first proposed by Thomas Cavalier-Smith in 1981.
Apr 10, 2023 · Five eukaryote kingdoms proposal [p. 476-477] Kingdom 1. Fungi (Ciliofungi + Eufungi) Kingdom 2. Chromista (Cryptophyta + Chromophyta) Kingdom 3. Plantae (Viridiplantae + Biliphyta) Kingdom 4. Protista (Euglenozoa + Protozoa)
