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Bluedart; a parasitic neocharophyte
Topic Started: Aug 18 2010, 04:10 PM (761 Views)
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Bluedart (Cyaneoplumbatum sp.)
Size: 5 mm -12 cm long, 1-4 mm diameter
Diet: parasitic (podplants) & limited photosynthesis
Habitat: marshes with heavy podplant growth
Time: late Devonian

The evolutionary radiation of podplants provided opportunities for other species. The bluedart is a neocharophyte that has adapted to parasitizing podplants, appearing as a thin bluish-green stem piercing the jellylike bulk of the gelascaphian and branching into rootlike hairs at the tip to feed more widely. It has little need for photosynthesis, and thus has lost all leaflike structures, though its stem still photosynthesizes to some extent.

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