Phylum vs Algae - What's the difference?
phylum | algae |
(biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
(linguistics) A large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another.
(alga)
(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.
As nouns the difference between phylum and algae
is that phylum is (biology|taxonomy) a rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank while algae is (alga).phylum
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Mammals belong to the phylum Chordata.
