Study Set Content:
commonly known as the green algae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Phylum Chlorophyta includes how many species
7,500
smallest eukaryotic cell known
Micromonas
Micromonas length
1 μm in diameter.
Other green algae form
threadlike filaments, plate-like colonies, netlike tubes, or hollow spheres.
Some green algae are
seaweeds
most common members in lichen “partnerships.”
Phylum Chlorophyta
Phylum Chlorophyta The greatest variety, however, is found in
freshwater ponds, lakes, and streams. Ocean forms are also varied.
(free-floating, mostly microscopic organisms)
plankton
pigments green algae are similar to those of higher plants.
chlorophylls (a and b)
are also believed to have been the ancestors of higher plants, and, like the higher plants, they store their food in the form of starch within the chloroplasts.
green algae
Except for what most green algae have a single nucleus in each cell
bryopsids
Most green algae reproduce and produce
asexually
A small, actively moving little alga
Chlamydomonas
a common inhabitant of quiet freshwater pools
Chlamydomonas
It has an ancient history among eukaryotic organisms, with fossil relatives occurring in rock formations reported being
nearly 1 billion years old
Chlamydomonas is number of cells
unicellular
slightly oval cell surrounded by a complex multilayered wall that is partially composed of
glycoproteins
a pair of whiplike flagella at one end pull the cell rapidly through the water. The cell is usually less than micrometers long
25
3x larger than a human red blood cell.
Chlamydomonas
