Bio 102 - Lec 03
Bio 102 - Lec 03
Bio 102 - Lec 03
Taxonomy and
Phylogeny of Algae
Patrick James F. Penales
University of the Philippines
Baguio
Outline
Division Chlorophyta
Binomial
Binomial Classification
Classification
Class Ulvophyceae
Phylogeny Order Bryopsidales
Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa
Species racemosa
Three Fields of • Monophyletic
Systematics • Paraphyletic
• Polyphyletic
Taxonomy
Binomial Classification
Phylogeny
Phylogeny
(Keeling, 2004)
Outline
III.Algal Groups
A. The Theory of Endosymbiosis
B. Types of Chloroplasts
C. Algal Classification Based on Chloroplast
D. Four Major Algal Groups
Types of Chloroplasts
q Phycobilisome
Autotrophic
Group 1
q Peptidoglycan
Group 2 q Myxophycean starch
Group 3
Group 4
Nostoc
(Keeling, 2004)
Four Major Algal v Glaucophyta
Groups
q Microscopic, freshwater
q Represent an intermediate
Group 1
position
Group
Group 2
2 q Chlorophyll a and
phycobilisome
Group 3
Group 4
Glaucocystis nostochinearum
Four Major Algal v Rhodophyta
Groups
q Microscopic and
macroscopic
Group 1
q Aquatic environment
Group
Group 2
2 q Chlorophyll a and
phycobilisome
Group 3
q Floridean starch
Group 4
Porphyra Gelidiella
Four Major Algal v Chlorophyta
Groups
q Predominantly freshwater
algae
Group 1
q Chlorophyll a and b
Group
Group 2
2 q Starch within chloroplasts
Group 3
Group 4
Ulva lactuca
(Keeling, 2004)
Four Major Algal v Euglenophyta
Groups
q Marine and freshwater
flagellates
Group 1
q One flagellum with fibrillar
q Paramylon
Group 4
Euglena Phacus
Four Major Algal v Dinophyta
Groups
q Red alga derived plastid
q Chlorophyll a and c
Group 1
q Helical transverse flagellum
Group 2 q Unusual diversity of plastid
types
Group 3
Group 3
Group 4
Ceratium
Four Major Algal v Apicomplexa
Groups
q Heterotrophic flagellates
Group 3
Group 3
Group 4
Plasmodium vivax
(Keeling, 2004)
Four Major Algal v Cryptophyta
Groups
q Red alga derived plastid
q Cryptomonads
Group 1
q Aquatic flagellates
Group 2 q Chlorophyll a and c;
Phycobilisomes
Group 3
q Nucleomorph
Group 4
Rhodomonas salina
The Nucleomorph
Four Major Algal v Heterokontophyta
Groups
q Red alga derived plastid
Ø Bacillariophyceae
Group 1
Ø Chrysophyceae
Group 2 Ø Dictyophyceae
Ø Pelagophyceae
Group 3
Ø Phaeophyceae
Group
Group 4
4 Ø Prymnesiophyceae
Ø Raphicophyceae
Ø Xanthophyceae
(Keeling, 2004)
Gymnochlora
stellata
http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Chlorarachniophyceae/GYMNOCHLORA/Gymnochlora_Image_page.htm
• Coccolithophore
Sheward, Rosie. (2016). Cell size, coccosphere
geometry and growth in modern and fossil
coccolithophores.
Paramecium
caudatum
http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/PDB/Images/Ciliophora/Paramecium/caudatum/intactcells/sp_14.html
Paulinella
chromatophora
https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2012/06/how-an-endosymbiont-earns-tenure.html
http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/Choices/Cyanobacteria/cyano_unicells/SYNECHOCOCCUS/Synechococcus_Image_page.htm
Primary Secondary Symbiosis Tertiary and Serial
Endosymbiosis Secondary
Symbiosis
1. Glaucophytes 1.Euglenids 1. Some
dinoflagellates
2. Red algae 2.
Chlorarachniophytes
3. Green algae 3. Prymnesiophytes/
Haptophytes
4. Heterokonts/
Stramenophiles
5. Dinoflagellates
6. Apicomplexans
(Keeling, 2004)