Seaweeds

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Vito ra Ntolovelo ra Xidyangu

Seaweeds

Vito Rinwana

Sea plants

Vito ra xi Science

Chromalveolata

Size

Ku fika eka 15 m (kelp).

Nhlamuselo

Swimilani leswi swina swivumbeko na kuleha ku hambana. Swimila eka ti reefs, emaribyeni kumbe ti lagoons. Swa mila hi xinwe xinwe kumbe swimila switele. Muhlovo ku tala kuva swarihlaza, swotshuka kumbe buraweni.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa Chromalveolata wukatsa nkuxu wa buraweni, rihlaza nayo tshuka. Chlorophyta (rihlaza) yina swivumbeko swinharhu: flat sheets, filaments, nati tubes. Phaeophyta (buraweni) yona yina swivumbeko swohambana swinene: fans, forking plants, cushions and tree-like kelps. Rhodophyta (tshukad) iintlawa lowukulu swinene. Muxaka lowu wutiye lero wukota naku kondzelela gandlati. Hinkwaswo swimilani leswi swina chlorophyll leyi tirhaka swinene eka photosynthesis. Swimilani leswi swikota kuti andzisa hiswoxe.

Swakudya

Swikula hi photosynthesis.

Kuhangalaka

Swikumeka eka tinxaka hinkwato ta malwandle ya laha misaveni.

Common Species

Bladder kelp
Macrocystis sp
Different leafed sargassum
Sargassum heterophyllum
Upright codium
Codium extricatum