NamePigments | Chlorophyta | green algae | single, colonial, multi | a + b | cilia,flagella | Chlamydomonas - pink snow zygotic history (n) mitosis --> isogametes, fertilization --> zygospore (2n), meiosis -->(n) Oedogonium Spirogyra - conjugation Ulva Volvox - daughter colonies within | Zoomastigena | single | a + b | 1 flagellum | Euglena | Euglenophyta | single cell | Chrysophyta | golden-brown algae | most single | a+c | Phaeophyta | brown algae, seaweeds, kelp | multi | a + c fucoxanthin |
flagella holdfast, blade, stipe | Fucus - advanced/human gametic cycle Sargassum (sea) | Pyrrophyta | fire algae | single | a + c | 2 flagella red tide - bioluminescence | Rhodophyta | red algae | multi | a + d phycobilins: phycoerythrin phycocyanin | no motile cells tropical deep sea agar - used in gels, shakes, cosmetics | Corallina | Bacillariophyta | diatoms | single | glass shell - used as abrasive worlds major source of O2 |
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