Diversity of Chrysophytes
The Stramenopiles subclass of protists known as Chrysophytes is varied. They include a wide variety of morphological forms and dietary techniques (phototrophy, mixotrophy, and heterotrophy) (unicellular, colonial, branched, non-scaled to silica-scaled). However, the polyphyletic origin of some morphotypes and the low resolution of morphological traits make it difficult to identify genera and species and delineate them.
Chrysophytes
The practice of classifying organisms based on shared characteristics is known as biological classification. The two kingdoms of classification were proposed by Linnaeus. He divided organisms into two kingdoms: the animal world (Animalia) and the plant kingdom (Plantae). The two kingdom classification had some drawbacks, such as the inability to distinguish between eukaryotes and prokaryotes, unicellular and multicellular species, and photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic organisms. As a result, this field underwent further development, with R.H. Whittaker’s Five Kingdom classification serving as the primary example.