Question

Various types of asexual spores found in algae?

Answer 1

Other types of non-motile sporesproduced by algae include: autospores (green algae), monospores, tetraspores, paraspores and carpospores (red algae), and statospores and auxospores (diatoms).

Answer 2

The various types of asexual spores which are found in algae are given below:

Zoospores:

• They are formed under favourable conditions.

Alpanospores:

• They are formed under unfavourable conditions.  

Akinetes:

• They are thick walled and non-motile and they are found in unfavourable conditions.

Hypnospores:

• They are thick walled and formed under unfavourable conditions.

Tetraspores

• They are formed after reduction division.

Autospores

• They are similar to parent cells and develop all characteristics of the parent cell.