Noun: division Chrysophyta
- Mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
- Chrysophyta
Type of: division
Part of: kingdom Protoctista, Protoctista