division Rhodophyta

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Related to division Rhodophyta: division Phaeophyta, division Chlorophyta, division Anthophyta, porphyra yezoensis

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division Rhodophyta - lower plants; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae

kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista - in most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals

class Rhodophyceae, Rhodophyceae - coextensive with the Rhodophyta: red algae

red algae - marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan

division - (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

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Red algae (division Rhodophyta) are a monophyletic group of mostly multicellular photosynthetic eukaryotes.

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Of the 22 species for division Rhodophyta, only half of them were consistently found at every sampling event; however, of the Chlorophyta only three species were consistently present and only two of the Ochrophyta.

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Rhodoliths are nodules composed of algae belonging to division Rhodophyta (red algae).

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