Flashcards in Species Deck (66)
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Amoebozoa (plasmodial slime molds)
supercell form
forest decomposers
amoeboid motion
protist
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Opisthokonta / Choanoflagellates
protist most closely related to animals
similar to sponge cells
protist
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Excavata (parabasalids, diplomonads, euglenids)
freshwater plankton
lack mitochondria
"excavated" feeding grove
protist
EUG-ine gives ppl STD & intestinal illness
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Plantae (red algae)
coral reef
sushi
lack flagella
protist
all descended from endosymbiosis
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Rhizaria / Foraminiferans
dead shells form chalk & marble
engulf via pseudopodia
CaCO3 shells
multiple nuclei
protist
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Alveolata (ciliates, dinoflagellates, apicomplexans)
harmful algal blooms
organelles at 1 end
2 flagella
protist
small sacks (alveoli) under plasma membrane
(AM) alveolata - malaria
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Stramenopila (water molds, brown algae, diatoms)
kelp forests
photosynthetic plankton
aquatic decomposers
protist
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Ulvophyceae (ulvophytes)
aquatic primary producers
AoG (multicellular only)
green plant w/out seeds
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Coleochaetophyceae (coleochaetes)
no AoG
evolutionary biology studied
green plant w/out seeds
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Charophyceae (stoneworts)
duck & goose food
fish habitat
no AoG
green plant w/out seeds
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Hepaticophyta (liverworts)
form soil
cuticle
green plant w/out seeds
HEPATI-tis - liver inflammation
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Bryphota (mosses)
peat - fuel & gardening
simple conducting tissues
green plant w/out seeds
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Lycophyta (lycophytes)
coal
roots
green plant w/out seeds
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Anthocerophyta (hornworts)
stomata
harbor symbiotic N-fixing cyanobacteria
green plant w/out seeds
Antho - antler - horn - hornworts
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Psilotophyta (whisk ferns)
rhizomes
landscaping
grow on ferns -> whiskers on ferns
green plant w/out seeds
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Pteridophyta (ferns)
fronds
landscaping
green plant w/out seeds
dinosaurs - pterosaurs
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Equisetophyta (horsetail)
hollow stems
silica granules - scour pots
green plant w/out seeds
equestrian = horse riding = horsetail
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Ginkgophyta (ginkgoes)
deciduous
landscaping
seed plant
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Cycadophyta (cycads)
stiff stems
compound leaves
landscaping
seed plant
pineapple palm trees
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Cupressophyta (redwoods, junipers, yews)
anticancer drug taxol
rot-resistant wood in buildings use
narrow leaves
seed plant
expresso - coffee, cupresso - trees
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Pinophyta (pines, spruces, firs)
needle leaves
paper & construction
important forest trees
seed plant
Pino - pine
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Gnetophyta (gnetophytes)
drug ephedrine
vessel elements
tracheids
seed plant
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Anthophyta (angiosperms)
flower - fruit
vessel
tracheid
human/org food source
seed plant
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Microsporidia
microscopic - intracellular
infect honeybees, silkworms, grasshoppers
fungal
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Chytrids
degrade cellulose
spores swim via flagella
aquatic decomposers
mutualists - large animal herbivores
parasites - reduced amphibian populations
fungal
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Zygomycetes
spore - yolked hyphae
bread mold
rotten fruits/vege
fungal
27
Glomeromycota
plant mutualist - absorb P from soil
improve PP in grasslands & tropical forests
fungal
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Basidiomycota
"little pedestals" reproductive structures
EMF
food - white button, portabella
hallucinogenic drugs
fungal
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Ascomycota, lichen-formers
"mini lichen" soredia
sexual via asci
green algae mutualist
common in cold habitats
caribou food
fungal
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