Chlorophyta Protista Flora and Fauna
Chlorophyta Protista Flora and Fauna
Members of the Chlorophyta are the green algae or green seaweeds. Although traditionally classified as protists they are now generally considered to be part of the plant kingdom. There are two main divisions; the Ulvophycaea, which are mostly marine and multicellular and form filaments or flat blades as in the sea lettuce, and the Chlorophyceae, which mostly live in fresh water and most of which are single-celled. Like other land plants, they contain chlorophyll a and b, with carotenoids as accessory pigments for photosynthesis. It seems likely that the ancestor of all the land plants was a green alga.
Top: Science: Biology: Flora and Fauna: Protista: Chlorophyta
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Green Algae Gallery: Chlorophyta - Provides images of species of Closterium and Cosmarium, which are both desmids, and species of Pediastrum, Staurastrum and Ulothrix.
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The Reproduction of Vorticella - Walter Dioni provides anatomical details of this species and its reproduction, with animated and sequential photographs.
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Protist Images: Chlorophyta - Images and descriptions.
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Chaetophorales in Acid Streams - Information of a number of filamentous algal species found in field studies in Scotland, with images of each.
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Desmids - Images and information about single-celled freshwater green algae in the family Desmidiaceae. In English and Dutch.
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Chlorophyta: Green Algae - Information on the characteristics of this group with details of the life cycle of Chlamydomonas, Spirogyra and Ulva.
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The Intertidal Rocky Shore: Coralline Algae and Green Seaweed - Photographs of about 6 species of encrusting varieties of red algae and about 10 of green seaweeds that grow around the coasts of New Zealand.
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Desmids.com - Information and images of these microscopic freshwater algae, with a focus on those found in Kent, England.
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Green Algae - Description of this diverse group of freshwater algae commonly known as chlorophytes, with excellent microscopic images.
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A Day after the Rain. - Photographic study by Daigo Kamada of the Vorticella that he found when examining water samples.
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