green algae: phylum chlorophyta green algae belong to phylum (or “division”) chlorophyta most...
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Green Algae: Phylum Chlorophyta
• Green algae belong to phylum (or “division”) Chlorophyta
• Most green algae live in freshwater and terrestrial environments; only ~10% of the estimated 7,000 species are marine
• Nonetheless, many species of green algae dominate bays and estuaries and isolated tidal pools on rocky coasts
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Green Algae: Phylum Chlorophyta
• Chlorophyll in both green algae and plants are not normally masked by other pigments
• Land plants are believed to have evolved from green algae; considered by many taxonomists as belonging to Kingdom Plantae!
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Common Long Island Chlorophytes
http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2007/10/codium_fragile_subsp_tomentosoides_1.php http://www.biopix.dk/Photo.asp?Language=la&PhotoId=11271
Codium fragile (“Dead Man’s
Fingers”)
Ulva lactuca (“Sea lettuce”)
Enteromorpha sp.(“Gutweed”)