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Welcome to Kingdom Chromista!

Chromista - Liber Deserti

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(From Wikipedia) Chromista is a proposed but polyphyletic biological kingdom consisting of single-celled and multicellular eukaryotic species that share similar features in their photosynthetic organelles (plastids). It includes all eukaryotes whose plastids contain chlorophyll c and are surrounded by four membranes.

FACT: It is sometimes argued that chromists don't actually have a single common ancestor, but rather are a bunch of different convergently-evolved groups of organisms that may have shared their plastids between each other!

Currently discovered: 1/17 Phyla, 0/1 Classes

Phylum

  1. Ochrophyta