Glossary
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- intercalary
- intergenicula - nonflexible, calcified segments between flexible joints in articulated corallines and Halimeda
- internode - part of axis intermediate between two nodes
- intertidal - occurring between high and low tide levels, exposed at low tide
- involucre - sterile jacket of cells around reproductive structures
- iridescence -rainbow-like display of color on an alga's surface
- isogamous - having gametes which are morphologically alike
- isomorphic - morphologically similar, having similar looking gametophyte and sporophyte phases of life history
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- karyogamy - union of two nucleii
- kelp - member of brown algal order Laminariales
L
- lamina - flattened leaf-like blade
- laminaran - storage product of Phaeophyta, branched polymer of polysaccharide made up of glucans, soluble in the cell
- leucoplast - colorless, usually starch-containing plastid
- littoral - near the shore, intertidal
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