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Eukaryota > Glaucophyta > Cyanophora

Preferred term

Cyanophora  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cyanophora paradoxa
  • Cyanophora paradoxas
  • paradoxas, Cyanophora

Note

  • do not confuse with the CYANOBACTERIA

Scope note

  • A genus of primitive plants in the family Cyanophoraceae, class GLAUCOPHYTA. They contain pigmented ORGANELLES (or PLASTIDS) called cyanelles, which have characteristics of both CYANOBACTERIA and CHLOROPLASTS.

History note

  • 2004; use ALGAE 1998-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044424

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