Table 1.
Summary of different algal groups classification for different habitat types [113].
| Kingdom | Division | Habitat | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marine | Freshwater | Terrestrial | Symbiotic | ||
| Prokaryota | Cyanophyta | Yes | yes | Yes | yes |
| Prochlorophyta | Yes | yes | Not detected | yes | |
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| Eukaryota | Glaucophyta | Not detected | yes | Yes | yes |
| Rhodophyta | yes | yes | Yes | yes | |
| Heterokontophyta | yes | yes | Yes | yes | |
| Haptophyta | yes | yes | Yes | yes | |
| Cryptophyta | yes | yes | Not detected | yes | |
| Chlorarachniophyta | yes | Not detected | Not detected | yes | |
| Dinophyta | yes | yes | Not detected | yes | |
| Euglenophyta | yes | yes | Yes | yes | |
| Chlorophyta | yes | yes | Yes | yes | |