Impact on People and Place in the food chain
- Since Chrysophyta is a group of algae, Euglenophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta, and Xanthophyta are their six closest relatives.
- Diatoms and Chrysophyceae, which are the primary producers of plankton and nanoplankton, form the basis of the marine food web.
- It is possible to view chrysophytes as beneficial to people. We utilize them in filters, cleaning solutions, and toothpaste.
- They also contribute a significant amount of oxygen to the environment as autotrophs.
- Chrysophytes can also be utilized to produce biofuel because they store their food as oils.
- Due to their small size, diatoms are very successful in the synthesis of biofuel.
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.