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Reproduction
Sexual reproduction and auxospore formation
Structure form and function
They have two flagella of different length one at the front of the cell, and one attached further back.
The front flagellum has tiny, three-part forked brstles running along each side
This flagellum beats out a water current which moves the cell forward and food back to the cell
The rear flagella is smooth, and has a whip-like motion.
The Stramenopiles are a very large algal kingdom presently included in the Chromalveolata.They range in size from single-celled diatoms to giant multicellur kelp.
Ecological Roles
Photoautotrophs, some forming harmeful blooms
Heterotrophic decomposers; producers of seagrass wasting disease and form deepsea deposits
Their Diet
Stramenopiles can be nonphotosynthetic or photosynthetic
Photosynthetic stramenopiles have chlorophyll
Nonphotosynthetic stramenopiles store their food as lipids and fatty acids
Stramenopiles
The stramenopiles are a major group of eukaryotes, including the heterokonts and a few close relatives. These are distinguished by having tripartite mastigonemes, or are secondarily derived from forms that do. In addition to the heterokont algae, they include the following: