Everything about The Chromista totally explained
The
Chromista are a
paraphyletic eukaryotic supergroup, which may be treated as a separate
kingdom or included among the
Protista. They include all
algae whose
chloroplasts contain
chlorophylls
a and
c, as well as various colorless forms that are closely related to them. These are surrounded by four membranes, and are believed to have been acquired from some
red alga. There are three different groups:
The name Chromista was first introduced by
Cavalier-Smith in 1981; the earlier names chromophyte and chromobiont correspond to roughly the same group. Molecular trees have had some difficulty resolving relationships between the different groups. All three may share a common ancestor with the
alveolates (see
chromalveolates), but there's evidence that suggests that the haptophytes and cryptomonds don't belong together with the heterokonts.
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