Synurophyceae
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Synurophyceae is a class of unicellular, silica-scaled chrysophyte algae commonly found in freshwater environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Synurophyceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13409707 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Synurophyceae Context triple: [Ochrophyta, hasMember, Synurophyceae]
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A.
Trenholmensiales
Trenholmensiales is a relatively small and specialized order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, characterized by its distinct microscopic features and phylogenetic placement among ascomycetous fungi.
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B.
Gonyaulacaceae
Gonyaulacaceae is a family of marine and freshwater dinoflagellates that includes several species known for forming harmful algal blooms and producing potent biotoxins.
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C.
Rhyniales
Rhyniales is an extinct order of early vascular land plants from the Silurian–Devonian period, characterized by simple leafless stems and among the earliest known examples of tracheophytes.
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D.
Togniniales
Togniniales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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E.
Zygnematophyceae
Zygnematophyceae is a class of freshwater green algae, including filamentous and unicellular forms like Spirogyra, that are among the closest algal relatives of land plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Synurophyceae Target entity description: Synurophyceae is a class of unicellular, silica-scaled chrysophyte algae commonly found in freshwater environments.
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A.
Trenholmensiales
Trenholmensiales is a relatively small and specialized order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, characterized by its distinct microscopic features and phylogenetic placement among ascomycetous fungi.
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B.
Gonyaulacaceae
Gonyaulacaceae is a family of marine and freshwater dinoflagellates that includes several species known for forming harmful algal blooms and producing potent biotoxins.
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C.
Rhyniales
Rhyniales is an extinct order of early vascular land plants from the Silurian–Devonian period, characterized by simple leafless stems and among the earliest known examples of tracheophytes.
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D.
Togniniales
Togniniales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with plant material and wood.
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E.
Zygnematophyceae
Zygnematophyceae is a class of freshwater green algae, including filamentous and unicellular forms like Spirogyra, that are among the closest algal relatives of land plants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
algal class
ⓘ
class of algae ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | chrysophytes ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | chrysophyte algae ⓘ |
| cellOrganization | often colonial ⓘ |
| cellType | eukaryotic ⓘ |
| cellularity | unicellular ⓘ |
| cellWallComposition | silica ⓘ |
| colonyType | spherical colonies in some genera ⓘ |
| describedAs | silica-scaled chrysophytes ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
components of phytoplankton
ⓘ
primary producers in freshwater ecosystems ⓘ |
| environmentPreference | oligotrophic to mesotrophic waters ⓘ |
| flagella | two unequal flagella in motile stages ⓘ |
| habitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ oligotrophic lakes ⓘ peat bogs ⓘ ponds ⓘ rivers ⓘ streams ⓘ |
| hasCellCovering |
silica scales
ⓘ
siliceous scales ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Clathromonas
ⓘ
Mallomonas ⓘ Neotessella ⓘ Spiniferomonas ⓘ Synura ⓘ |
| indicatorUse | indicators of water quality ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Chromista
ⓘ
Protista ⓘ |
| microfossilRecord | silica scales preserved in sediments ⓘ |
| motility | flagellated cells in some life stages ⓘ |
| nutritionType |
mixotrophic
ⓘ
photoautotrophic ⓘ |
| phylum |
Chrysophyta
ⓘ
linked to:
Chrysophyceae
Ochrophyta ⓘ |
| pigment |
chlorophyll a
ⓘ
chlorophyll c ⓘ fucoxanthin ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction by cell division
ⓘ
sexual reproduction with isogamy or anisogamy ⓘ |
| scaleLocation | cell surface ⓘ |
| scaleOrigin | formed in silica deposition vesicles ⓘ |
| superphylum |
Heterokonta
ⓘ
linked to:
Chromista
|
| usedIn | paleolimnological reconstructions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Synurophyceae Description of subject: Synurophyceae is a class of unicellular, silica-scaled chrysophyte algae commonly found in freshwater environments.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.