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Name derivation: |
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Classification:
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Stigeocloniu Kützing
1843; 35 of 69 species
descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry
and Guiry 2013).
Order Chaetophorales; Family Chaetophoraceae
Thamniochaete
F. Gay 1893 is not separated from Stigeoclonium in PhycoKey.
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Morphology: |
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Attached green uniseriate branched
filaments, prostrate and erect, end cells narrowed to a multicellular
hair-like tip. One parietal
chloroplast and at least one pyrenoid per cell. Quadriflagellate zoospores are produced during asexual
reproduction. Anisogamous
gametes, bi- or quadriflagellate, are produed during sexual reproduction. Highly polymorphic likely arising from growth conditions Guiry and Guiry 2013).
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater,
widespread and common in a variety of habitat and substrate types. |
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References: |
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Gay, F. 1893. Sur quelques algues de la flore de
Montpellier. Bull. Soc. Bot. France,
session extraordinaire á Montpellier 40: CLXXIII-CLXXVIII. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic
publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 August 2013. |
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