Chlorophyta Diversity Slides

This is a collection of slides of various green algae that you may have seen in laboratory. The characteristics shown here demonstrate some of the range of diversity found among the Chlorophyta.

Chlamydomonas

http://www.btinternet.com/~stephen.durr/chlamydomonas.jpg

Volvox

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imagsmall/volvox2.jpg

Coleochaete

http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/Pics/Other%20Algae/Green_jpegs/Coleochaete_Key125.jpg

Oedogonium

http://vijversenkoi.be/artikels/planten/algae_nader_bekeken/Oedogonium.gif

Ankistrodesmus

http://www.dr-ralf-wagner.de/Bilder/Ankistrodesmus_spiralis_K.jpg

Scenedesmus

http://silicasecchidisk.conncoll.edu/Pics/Other%20Algae/Green_jpegs/Scenedesmus_Key169.jpg

Pediastrum

http://www.sudipan.net/phpBB2/files/pediastrum.jpg

Hydrodictyon

http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Chlorophyta/Hydrodictyon/Hydrodictyon.jpg

Hydrodictyon

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imagsmall/hydrodiction.jpg

 

 

 

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