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Is Oedogonium unicellular or multicellular?

Members of class Charophyceae, which is a paraphyletic lineage are unicellular and multicellular, and can live in freshwater as well as brackish.



Is Oedogonium also unicellular?

The antheridium's nucleus undergoes mitotic separation and forms two nuclei. Each nucleus is surrounded by cytoplasm and transforms into an antherozoid. From each antheridium, two antherozoids can be created. The antherozoids can be unicellular, multiflagellate, uninucleate, and yellowish in color.

You may also wonder, "How does Oedogonium reproduce?" Oedogonium can reproduce sexually through fragmentation of the filaments, germination aplanospores or akinetes, as well as through zoospores. Attached to a substrate, the flagella ring is lost and the zoospore begins to divide to form a new filament.

Is Ulothrix multicellular or unicellular?

VERDICTIONS: The thallus for Ulothrix has filamentous, long, unbranched, and multicellular. In this case, the cells are arranged in one row (i.e. uniseriate).

What is the name for the Oedogonium round structure?

The terminal cell of the filament is called the apical cells. It is either round, or dome-shaped. Some species, such as O. ciliata have a tapering apical cells that give rise to a narrow hair-like structure.