Red and Green Algae
Charophytes and Chlorophytes Chloroplasts
contain chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b pigments
Green algae product of photosynthesis
Charophytes and chlorophytes Store products of photosynthesis as starch
Chlamydomonas & Volvox Which organism is unicellular? Which organism is multicellular colonial?
Chlamydomonas is unicellular Volvox is multicellular colonial
Which organisms belong to the chlorophyte group
Chlamydomonas, ulva, and volvox
Chara
Known as skunkweed
How many flagella does each Chlamydomonas individual possess
2
The polysaccharide produced by red algae is
Carrageenan and agar
Which organisms belong to the charophyte group
Chara and spirogyra
Which organisms are multicellular leaf-like
Chara, chondrus, and ulva
Closest relatives of the land plants
Charophytes
Members are collectively referred to as green algae
Charophytes and chlorophytes Members are collectively referred to as green algae
Common in marine ecosystems
Chlorophytes and red algae
Red algae Chloroplasts
Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll a and phycoerythrin pigments
Leafy alga that produces phycoerythrin
Chondrus
Which organisms belong to the red algae group
Chondrus and Polysiphonia
Charophytes
Common in freshwater or brackish ecosystems
Which organisms are multicellular filamentous
Polysiphonia and spirogyra
the deepest of all photosynthesizers
Red algae Among the deepest of all photosynthesizers
Possesses a spiral-shaped chloroplast
Spirogyra
What synapomorphy is shared by the glaucophytes, red algae, green algae, and land plants
They contain chloroplasts which can be traced back to primary endosymbiosis
List three unique characteristics of the red algae
They're the only photosynthetic eukaryotes possessing phycoerythrin, stores photosynthetic products, doesn't produce motile flagellated cells at any stage in their life cycle
Ulva
Ulva Known as sea lettuce
Which species Forms spherical colonies
Volvox
