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| Bluedart; a parasitic neocharophyte | |
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| Topic Started: Aug 18 2010, 04:10 PM (761 Views) | |
| Vultur-10 | Aug 18 2010, 04:10 PM Post #1 |
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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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| Vultur-10 | Aug 27 2010, 02:36 PM Post #2 |
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ACCEPTED Your creature has been accepted and moved to the Accepted Species forum. |
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