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Algea - Plantlike Protists - Coggle Diagram
Algea - Plantlike Protists
chrysophytes
Have carotenoids as a photosynthetic pigment
Most chrysophytes are unicellular, but some are colonial.
Phylum Chrysophyta, chrysophytes, are yellow-green or golden-brown algae
Diatoms
photosynthetic aututrophs
store food as oils
phylum: bacillariophyta
cell walls are composed of silica
reproduce sexually and asexually
Brown algae
Phylum Phaeophyta
Color comes from secondary pigment called fucoxanthin
More than 1500 species live along rocky coastlines
includes all species of kelp
algea are plantlike protists that contain photosynthetic pigments, they dont have typical structures of plants, they have chlorophyl as their main photosynthetic pigment and acccesory pigments that help them absorb light at different wavelengths
dinoflagellates
Predominantly unicellular
Dinoflagellates have cell walls made of cellulose
Phylum Pyrrophyta are dinoflagellates
Some are autotrophic, some are heterotrophic
Some are bioluminescent, meaning they emit light
Green Algea
have cell wells
store their food as carbohydrates
Can be unicellular, multicellular, or colonial
contain photosynthetic pigments; chlorophyl
includes the most common species of algae found in North American freshwater
Euglenoids
are unicellular
Phylum Euglenophyta
Contain characteristics of both plants and anim
Most euglenoids photosynthesize, but do not have a cell wall
they can also be heterotrophs.