Chlamydomonas nivalis, the alga responsible for watermelon snow.

plural of snow alga

Algae adapted to grow on ice, different species growing on freshwater and saltwater ice.

plural of ice alga

Synonym of chrysophyte / Prymnesium parvum

plural of golden alga

plural of blue-green alga

Any member of the taxonomic class or phylum Cyanobacteria; a primitive photosynthetic organism similar to bacteria which is thought to have generated the first oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere.

Any alga, of the class Xanthophyceae, that have yellow carotenoid pigments as well as chlorophyll

plural of yellow-green alga