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Plant Diversity Lab 3, Photosynthetic Protists & Brown Algae
The third lab, focusing on these kinds of eukaryotes, vocabulary
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
07/06/2009

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name the eight major groups we will study
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Chloroarachinophytes, Euglenoids, Cryptomonads, Haptophytes, Dinoflagellates, Chrysophytes, Diatoms, and Phaeophytes
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pellicle
Definition
a thin layer of protein strips arranged spirally around the length of the body of Euglenoids that supports the cell wall and is flexible
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pseudopodium
Definition
temporary projection of the cell of a chlorarachniophyte
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stigma
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aka eyespot apparatus, photoreceptive organelle on flagellate cells of Euglenoids
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pyrenoid body
Definition
starch storing structure in Euglenoids
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paramylon
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the starch-like molecule that Euglenoids store their carbohydrate as
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coccoliths
Definition
plates of CaCO3 surrounding Haptophytes like armour
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theca
Definition
plates of cellulose covering 'armored' Dinoflagellates
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zooxanthellae
Definition
endosymbionts of various marine animals and protozoa
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frustule
Definition
shell of diatoms, made of silica
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three forms of Diatoms
Definition
Pennate & Centric (unicellular) and Colonial (filamentous)
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diatomaceous earth
Definition
fossilized remains of diatoms
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Chlorarachinophytes: two features
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pseudopodia & nucleomorphs
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Euglenoids: five features
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pellicle, two unequal flagella, eyespot, contractile vacuole, pyrenoid body
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Cryptomonads: a feature
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nucleomorphs
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Haptophytes: two unique features
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haptonema, coccoliths
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Dinoflagellates:a feature
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theca
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Diatoms: a feature
Definition
frustule
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which classes are from green algae, which are from red algae?
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Chlorarachinophytes, Euglenoids; Cryptomonads, Haptophytes, Alveolates, Stramenopiles
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