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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Euastropsis
Lagerheim, 1894;
currently there is one species described and it is accepted
taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Sphaeropleales; Family Hydrodictyaceae |
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Morphology:
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Pairs
of trapezoidal or 'eared' cells, flat bases appressed. |
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Similar genera:
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Cell shape closely resembles horned or
‘eared’ cells in the outer ring of Pediastrum
colonies. Zoospore formation, activity
and release as a group in ‘sacs’ is also similar to Pediastrum. |
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Habitat:
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Freshwater plankton. Rare relic species
observed mainly in six wetland sites (swamps) in boreal mountains of northern
Ukraine. |
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References:
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Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. G.M. Guiry 2013.
AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, |
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