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