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Alga vs Archaeplastid - What's the difference?

alga | archaeplastid |

In biology terms the difference between alga and archaeplastid

is that alga is any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds while archaeplastid is any plant or alga of the taxon Archaeplastida

alga

English

(wikipedia alga)

Noun

(algae)
  • (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose form is very diverse; some are eukaryotic and some prokaryotic; includes the seaweeds.
  • Usage notes

    * (term) is a non-standard plural.

    Hyponyms

    * seaweed

    archaeplastid

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia archaeplastid) (en noun)
  • (biology) Any plant or alga of the taxon Archaeplastida