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Chlorophyta - Ulvophyceae Flashcards

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thallus? cell wall?

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  • order: Ulvales
  • species: Ulva compressa
  • thallus: hollow tube arranged in single layer
  • inside: O2-bubbles produced by PS
  • rhizoids near base for adhesion to substrate
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diverse forms in Ulvaphyceae

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class?
reproductive cycle?

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  • order: Ulvales
  • species: Ulva rigida
  • tubular bilayer laminar thallus (= composition of two layers of cells that are identical)
  • has a haplodiplontic reproductive cycle
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typical reproductive cycle of majority of Ulvales?

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  • haplodiplontic
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what genera?

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Ulva

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  • left: attached because rhizoids present
  • but attachment not so firm: currents can make them pelagic
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what order? what do the arrows show?

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order: Bryopsiales
- Thallus with siphonal organization
- plurinucleated
- formed by a horizontal stolon from which rhizoids branch downwards and erect foliose blades upwards.

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order? genus?

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order: Bryopsidales
genus: Caluerpa

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order? genus?

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right: easy to identify: bubbles
order: Bryopsidales
genus: Caluerpa

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order? genus?

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order: Bryopsidales
genus: Caluerpa

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order? genus?

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order: Bryopsidales
genus: Caluerpa
Caulerpa paspaloides

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order? genus?

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order: Bryopsidales
genus: Caluerpa

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important species in order Bryopsidales?

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Caulerpa taxifolia

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Caulerpa taxifolia - what about it?

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  • native in tropical and subtropical regions
  • got bought and introduced to aquariums in Europe
  • spreaded and covered large areas
  • phenomena: gigantism
  • introduced in Mediterranean
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how was Caulerpa taxifolia introduced?

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  • probable spill from tank
  • probably ballast water
  • maybe from fisher nets/anchors
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causes of proliferation? (=rapid increase)

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  • mild temp. in mediterranen
  • no predators
  • it has toxic compounds
  • tropical species have usually developed natural immunity
  • here: no immunity
  • excessive growth
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ideal environment for Caulerpa taxifolia

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  • surface - 50m depth
  • 7-32°C
  • can invade unstable/degraded environments
  • prefers sands without settlement
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consequences for Posidonia due to C. taxifolia?

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  • shading
  • damage because there PS-activity is prevented through shade
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Morphology of C. taxifolia

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what is different for C. taxifolia in Mediterranean as compared to origin?

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  • in mediterranean affected by “gigantism”
  • grows much more than normal
  • normal length of blades: 10-12cm
  • in mediterranean: 40cm
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what is it? where from?

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here: invasive
as compared to tropical
difference in blade lengths

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toxicity of C. taxifolia

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hazard:
- some cases of intoxication, attributed to Caulerpa toxins concentrated in the meat of some fish, so we can only talk about FOOD-TYPE INTOXICATION
- percentage of toxins usually higher in the Mediterranean than in tropical seas
- develops equally well in polluted and unpolluted waters

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order? genus? thallus organization?

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order: Bryopsidales
genus: Codium sp

  • Thallus composed of a central body of siphonal organization filaments (all genera in Bryopsidales)
  • compact mass of thin tubes that form a spongy thallus
  • different forms, e.g. digitate, pulvinate or pillow, dicothomously branched
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different examples of what genera? what is it considered the same thallus form?

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order: Bryopsidales
genus: Codium sp

  • left: sponge-similar attached to substrate
  • it still is filamentous
  • many filaments fused to form this form
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order? genus?
order: Bryopsidales genus: Codium sp rhizpids present
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order? genus?
order: Bryopsidales genus: Halimeda
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thalli form of Halimeda?
- It shows a thallus strongly encrusted with calcium carbonate to defend itself from herbivores - flat calcified segments linked to each other with junctions - junctions are not calcified and therefore they are flexible and move along the waves
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order? genus? describe thallus
order: Bryopsidales genus: Halimeda - central axis - linked encrusted segments linked to each other at end of axis
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order? genus?
order: Bryopsidales genus: Penicillus
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thallus in Penicillus?
order: Bryopsidales genus: Penicillus - brush-formed - dichotomouslybranched siphons - peduncle with holdfast - CaCO3 present --> grey green
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order? genus?
order: Bryopsidales genus: Udotea
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order? genus?
order: Bryopsidales genus: Udotea
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characteristics of Udotea?
- rhizoids for attachment and short peduncle - blade-similar structure due to fusion of different filaments
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class? order?
class: Ulvophyceae order: Ulotrichales - no branches - uniseriate - filaments of uninuclear cells - filaments joint by plasmodesmata
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order?
Ulotrichales
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order?
class: Ulvophyceae order: Dasyclades genus: Cymopolia barbata
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oder? genus?
class: Ulvophyceae order: Dasyclades genus: Cymopolia barbata
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oder? genus?
class: Ulvophyceae order: Dasyclades genus: Cymopolia barbata
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Characteristics Cymopolia barbata
class: Ulvophyceae order: Dasyclades - shallow waters - reaches length of 20cm - tufts slightly calcified at the end of branches
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oder? genus?
class: Ulvophyceae order: Dasyclades genus: Cymopolia sp.
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oder? genus?
class: Ulvophyceae order: Dasyclades genus: Acetabularia
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what about Ulva australis?
class: Ulvaphyceae order: Ulvales genus: Ulva - produces allopathic substrate
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Ulva rigida vs Ulva australis
- Ulva rigida here invasive - can cause damage
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problem also in China, due to high reproductive rate
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what is that?
- ‘‘green tides’’ - Ulva australis - usually in high nutritious environment
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