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Name
derivation:
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Classification:
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Gloeotila
Kützing 1843; 15 of 26 species descriptions are currently
accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Chlorellales Family Chlorellaceae
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Morphology:
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Similar genera:
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Geminella is less fragile and has
pyrenoids (John 2011).
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Habitat:
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Freshwater plankton, or attached, occasionally in soil (John 2011).
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References:
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Guiry,
M.D. AND G.M. Guiry 2012. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 February 2012. Jaeger, E.C. 1972. A source-book of
biological names and terms. 3rd Ed. Charles C. Thomas Publisher John, D.M. 2011. Orders Chaetophorales, Microsporales,
Ulotrichales. In: John, D.M., B.A. Whitton and A.J. Brook
(Eds.), The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles. (p. 533). |