Mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta.

synonym: division Chrysophyta.

Dutch: goudwieren
Polish: glony złociste, chryzofity, złocienice