Survey of the botanical Phyla
Heterokonts ![[audio pronunciation]](../sounds/speaker.gif)
Common name
None
Synonyms
Stramenopiles (the photosynthetic heterokonts are sometimes called “chromists”)
Mode of nutrition
Autotrophic: brown chloroplasts; saprophytic, parasitic
Habitat
Freshwater, marine, terrestrial
Growth habit
Unicellular, filamentous, various multicellular
Cell wall
Cellulose, silica, alginic acids
Undulipodia (“flagella”)
One tinsel, usually also one whiplash
Food storage
Glycogen, laminarin, lipid
Clonal reproduction
Zoospores
Sexual reproduction
Unicellular, haploid dominant, diploid dominant, alternation of generations
Included Phyla
Oomycota, Bacillariophyta, Phaeophyta
Recognized by
Tinsel undulipodia