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Name derivation:
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Parallel (rows
of cells in flat ribbon) |
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Classification:
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Parallela E.A.Flint 1974;
both of 2 species are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013)
Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Sphaeropleaceae
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Morphology:
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Ribbons one cell thick and up to
8 cells wide. Cells divide repeatedly
into autospores.
Form positively phototactic, pear-shaped
biflagellate zoospores with unequal length smooth flagella (Flint 1974). |
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Habitat:
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Freshwater. Prototype found in a farm pond near
Christchurch, NZ. Another site was a
rich, sluggish stream near Oamaru (245 km to the
south) (Flint 1974). |
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References:
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Flint, E.A. 1974.
Parallela, a new genus of freshwater Chlorophyta
in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 12: 357-363. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry,
G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2013. |
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