Algal Systematics

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Algal Systematics
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Dinoflagellates

• Usually one flagellum pushing the cell, a second
  flagellum circling the mid-region of the cell.

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Akashiwo sanguinea
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Alexandrium tamarense
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Alexandrium catenella
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Ceratium
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Prorocentrum lima
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Lingulodinium polyedra
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Gambriodiscus
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Karlodinium
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Ceratocorys
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Amphidinium
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Karenia brevis
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Pfiesteria
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Pyrocystis
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Diatoms

• Silica frustule covering the cell
• uniflagellate sperm in centric forms, amoeboid
  sperm in pennate forms
• Single cells, filaments or colonies
• Possibly as many as 1 million species (diatoms
  are the insects of the protistan world).

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Amphora
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Bacillaria
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Nitzschia
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Thalassiosira
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Rhizosolenia
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Ditylum
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Cylindrotheca
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Correthron
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Stephanopyxis
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Eucampia
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Entomoneis
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Odontella
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Halodiscus