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A1. NONMOTILE ALGAE WITHOUT CHLOROPLASTS:
CYANOBACTERIA
A2. NONMOTILE ALGAE WITH CHLOROPLASTS
A3. MOTILE ALGAE WITH CHLOROPLASTS AND FLAGELLA
B1. MOTILE COLONIES WITH TWO OR MORE CELLS
B2. MOTILE SINGLE-CELL ALGAE
C1. CELLS WITH ONE VISIBLE FLAGELLUM
D1. CELLS COVERED WITH SCALES (SCALED CHRYSOPHYTES); MOST SPECIES ALSO HAVE LONG SPINES:
Mallomonas
D2. CELLS ENCLOSED IN A RIGID LORICA
D3. CELLS NOT COVERED WITH SCALES OR ENCLOSED IN A LORICA; MAY BE RIGID OR FLEXIBLE
E1. CELL WALL RIGID
E2. CELL WALL FLEXIBLE; CELLS EXHIBIT WORM-LIKE OR AMOEBOID MOVEMENT IN ADDITION TO FLAGELLAR MOVEMENT
C2. CELLS WITH TWO EQUAL LENGTH FLAGELLA
C3. CELLS WITH TWO DISSIMILAR FLAGELLA
C4. CELLS WITH MORE THAN TWO FLAGELLA
A4. CELLS DIVIDED INTO MIRROR-IMAGE SEMI-CELLS:
Desmids
(see key at
cedar.wwu.edu/cedarbooks/14/
)
A5. CELLS ENCLOSED IN GLASSY, ORNAMENTAL FRUSTULES:
Diatoms
(see key at
diatoms.org)
