Tag: Starch
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General Characteristics of Chlorophyceae (Green Algae)
Grass green chromatophores. Presence of starch as reserve food Members of green algae mostly green in fresh water, a few in brackish and saline water and few are terrestrial. They show wide range of variations in their thallus structure like unicellular motile (Chlamydomonas), Coenobium(Volvox), palmelloid (Tetrospora), non motile (Chlorella), Dendroid (Ecballocystis), filamentous branched (Cladophora) and unbranched (Spirogyra), heterotrichous (Coleochaete), siphonaceous…
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Volvox (Rolling Alga)
Systematic position Class Chlorophyceae Order Volvocales Sub order Chlamydomonadineae Family Sphaerellaceae Genus Volvox Occurrence It includes about 20 species. All are aquatic and free floating. Mostly occur in fresh water bodies It occurs as green rolling ball of pin head sized coenobia. Vegetative structure Volvox is a colonial green alga and the colonies are oval to…