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Chlorophyta Audio
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Definitions related to chlorophyta:
  • A phylum of paraphyletic, photosynthetic and autotrophic green algae.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A phylum of photosynthetic EUKARYOTA bearing double membrane-bound plastids containing chlorophyll a and b. They comprise the classical green algae, and represent over 7000 species that live in a variety of primarily aquatic habitats. Only about ten percent are marine species, most live in freshwater.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Green algae; in this division of algae, the green pigment of chlorophyll is not masked by other pigments; there are over 7000 species; most live in freshwater, about ten percent are marine.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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