Superphylum Viridiplantae Flashcards
What are the common names of Viridiplantae?
Green algae, plant-like “protists”, and bryophytes
Synapomorphies of Superphylum Viridiplantae?
The superphylum has chlorophyll a and b
List the habitat of Viridiplants?
Fresh water and marine, most motile and free-living, photoautotrophic
If including plants, how many species are there? If not including plants?
350,000 species, if not 40,000 species. So plants have about 100,000 species
List important Viridiplants
Volvox globator, Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, Leischmania major, and Giardia lamblia
Volvox globator
Colonial, has daughter colonies in it that will be expelled and live freely. Clones of parent.
Trypanosoma brucei vector
tsetse fly
Trypanosoma cruzi vector
kissing bed bug
Leischmania major vector
Sand fly
Giardia lamblia vector
drinking still water
Trypanosoma brucei disease
sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma cruzi disease
Chagas’ disease
Leischmania major disease
Leishmaniasis
Giardia lamblia disease
Beaver Fever
What enters and reproduces in blood?
Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei
How would you die from the disease beaver fever?
The Giardia lamblia blocks the ability of the intestine absorption of water by adhering to the sides of the intestine. Usually not fatal though.
What attacks muscle cells?
Trypanosoma cruzi
What does the Trypanosoma brucei attack?
The nervous system
Which viridiplant attacks macrophages?
Leischmania major
Deaths per year of Trypanosoma brucei?
> 5,000 a year
60,000 a year die from this disease? Name the viridiplant
Leishmaniasis. Leischmania major
Chagas’ Disease kills how many a year?
45,000 a year.
