Taxonomy
Life Histories
Higher Taxonomy
Anatomy
Physiology
100
Name this species.
What is Asparagopsis taxiformis?
100
This is the number of flagella found on the male gametes of red algae.
What is zero (none)?
100
Name the phylum of this alga.
What is Rhodophyta?
100
What kind of cortication does this alga have?
What is periaxial?
100
Name this storage product of photosynthesis in the red algae.
What is floridean starch?
200
Name this genus.
What is Acanthophora?
200
Does this alga exhibit isomorphic or heteromorphic alternation of generations?
What is heteromorphic alternation of generations?
200
The Rhodophyta belong to this Kingdom.
What is Plantae?
200
This species has a uniaxial or multiaxial gametophyte?
What is multiaxial?
200
Name the algal product produced by Kappaphycus.
What is carrageenan?
300
Name this species.
What is Gracilaria salicornia.
300
Is this genus procarpic or non procarpic?
What is procarpic?
300
Name the order of this genus.
What is the Nemaliales?
300
Is this alga uniaxial or multiaxial?
What is uniaxial?
300
In the diagram, what structure is being shown?
What is a pit plug (primary or secondary pit plug okay).
400
Name this genus.
What is Laurencia?
400
Name the life history phase (entity) of this plant.
What is the gametophyte?
400
Two of these species belong to the same order, name the genus of the alga that does not belong.
What is Gracilaria? (Acanthophora and Amansia are in the Ceramiales, Gracilaria is in Gracilariales.)
400
What type of tetraspore is depicted?
What is tetrahedral?
400
Name the three phycobilin pigments found in every phycobilisome.
What are phycocyanin, allophycocyanin, and phycoerythrin?
500
Name this genus.
What is Tolypiocladia?
500
Name the life history phase (life history entity) located at "H" in this diagram.
What is the tetrasporophyte?
500
Two of these algae belong to the same order, name the genus of the alga that does not belong.
What is Gelidiella? (Gelidiella belongs to the Gelidiales; Hypnea and Ahnfeltiopsis belong to the Gigartinales)
500
What is the specialized hair-like filament that extends from the carpogonium?
What is a trichogyne?
500
The Ceramiales are characterized by a certain amount of cells in their carpogonial branches. How many cells are in Ceramiales carpogonial branches?
What are four cells in the carpogonial branch?