Chromista is a proposed kingdom of single celled and multicellular eukaryotes, refined from the earlier concept of Chromalveolata, uniting organisms whose photosynthetic plastids share chlorophyll c and are bound by four membranes, thought to trace back to a shared red algal endosymbiosis; many non photosynthetic members are believed to have secondarily lost that ability. The kingdom remains controversial, since its member groups may instead have arisen independently from the last common eukaryotic ancestor rather than forming one natural group.
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Chromista
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Parent Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Skeletonema Costatum
Source Wikidata: Thalassiosira Pseudonana
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ862296, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Chromista
- Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
In Group: Eukaryote Kingdoms, Lead
Chromista is a proposed but controversial biological kingdom, refined from the Chromalveolata, consisting of single-celled and multicellular eukaryotic species that share similar features in their photosynthetic organelles (plastids).
View the SourceWikidata: Chromista
Wikidata Q862296, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Thalassiosira Pseudonana
Parent Taxon Of: Thalassiosira Pseudonana, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Wikidata: Skeletonema Costatum
Parent Taxon Of: Skeletonema Costatum, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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