In this article we will discuss about the life cycle of ectocarpus, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. Family Ectocarpaceae of Phaeophyta: Plants are filiform and more or less branched, or sub-simple from a creeping, penetrating, or disciform base; generally uniseriate but occasionally some segments in the lower part with one or two longitudinal septa; reproductive organs lateral, replacing [...]
In this article we will discuss about the reproduction in pennales. This will also help you to draw the structure and diagram of reproduction in pennales. Diatom cells multiply usually by a peculiar method of cell division. An increase in the volume of the frustule results in a slight separation of the valves which is followed by mitotic division of [...]
The following points highlight the eleven main classes of algae. The classes are: 1. Chlorophyceae 2. Xanthophyceae 3. Chrysophyceae 4. Bacillariophyceae 5. Cryptophyceae 6. Dinophyceae 7. Chloromonadineae 8. Euglenineae 9. Phaeophyceae 10. Rhodophyceae 11. Cyanophyceae or Myxophyceae. Class # 1. Chlorophyceae (Green Algae): Unicellular, colonial or multicellular green plants, generally with simple structure, principal pigments are chlorophyll a and b, [...]