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Alga vs Raphidophyte - What's the difference?

alga | raphidophyte |

In biology terms the difference between alga and raphidophyte

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 raphidophyte is any of a group of unicellular algae of the class class: Raphidophyceae

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

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    raphidophyte

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia raphidophyte) (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of a group of unicellular algae of the class