Chromista
See also: chromista
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”), in reference to the pigments that are visible in these algae. Coined by Thomas Cavalier-Smith in 1981 based on earlier names like Chromophyta.
Proper noun
Chromista
- A taxonomic taxon within the subkingdom Biciliata – all algae whose chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and c. [from 1981]
- A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota.[1]
Hyponyms
- (taxon): Cryptista, Ochrophyta, Bigyra, Sagenista, Haptophyta - phyla
- (kingdom): Chromobiota, Cryptista - subkingdoms
- (kingdom): Hacrobia, Harosa, Rhizaria - subkingdoms
- Halvaria, Rhizaria - infrakingdoms in Harosa
- Alveolata, Heterokonta - superphyla in Halvaria[1]
- Halvaria, Rhizaria - infrakingdoms in Harosa
References
Chromista on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Chromista on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Chromista on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Chromista placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
- Chromista at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
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