It is a small group of yellowish green algae. The technical name is Xanthophyceae, and it is a class of algae that belongs to the Protista Kingdom. It is its mayotría are continental.
xanthophycea-belonging to the class Xantophyceae, which groups yellow green algae, which do not store their food reserves in the form of starch but do so as oils or polysaccharides, abound in fresh waters-