Damage to the resulted in monkeys being unable to perform a once familiar response, specifically pushing in a lever and then turning it to the left. this result suggests that this brain area is involved in executing well-learned sequences of motor responses.

the food storage products of chrysophytes are oils or the polysaccharide laminarin.   formerly classified as plants, the chrysophytes contain the photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll a and c all but the yellow-green algae also contain the carotenoid pigment fucoxanthin.