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Archaeplastida
Colleen K, Alex P, Brendan M, Pallavi P
Description
Its eukaryotic
Red and green algae Multicellular and unicellular
Related to land plants
Photosynthetic
Lack centriols
Mitochondria has flat cristae
Ecological significance
Located in Freshwater
HELPFUL: Larger types are seaweed that are the base of the food web for marine life
HARMFUL: Red Tide – Algae Bloom Production of natural toxins, depletion of
dissolved oxygen
Examples
From a small group called glaucophytes
Moss – Archaeplastida glincola
Red Algae Under the surface of salt bodies of water
Evolutionary significance
They form a paraphyletic group
The chloroplast have 2 membranes – developed directly from endosymbiotic Cyanobacteria
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