A1. NONMOTILE ALGAE WITHOUT CHLOROPLASTS: CYANOBACTERIA
B1. VEGETATIVE CELLS USUALLY SOLITARY
B2. VEGETATIVE CELLS UNITED INTO COLONIES
B3. VEGETATIVE CELLS ALIGNED END-TO-END FORMING FILAMENTS OR PSEUDOFILAMENTS
A2. NONMOTILE ALGAE WITH CHLOROPLASTS
A3. MOTILE ALGAE WITH CHLOROPLASTS AND 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)