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Name
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Classification:
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Chaetopeltis Berthold, 1878; the single species description (C. orbicularis)
is recognized taxonomically
Order Chaetopeltidales; Family Chaetopeltidaceae
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Morphology:
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Discoid mats develop outward from center, usually one cell
thick, often Some
cells develop pseudocilia perpendicular to the mat. |
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Habitat:
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Freshwater. Epiphytes
on large algal filaments or submerged parts of aquatic plants. |
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References:
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Berthold,
G. 1878. Untersuchungen über die Verzweigung einiger Süsswasseralgen. Verhandlungen
der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen
Akademie der Naturforscher 40: 167-230,
pls XV-XVIII. Guiry,
M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 September 2013. John, D.M.
2011. Phylum Chlorophyta (Green Algae). In:
John, D.M., B.A. Whitton and A.J.
Brook. Freshwater algal flora of the
British Isles. (878 pp). |
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