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Name derivation: |
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Classification:
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Trichophilus Weber-van Bosse 1887; each of 2 species has been accepted
taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry
2013).
Order Ulvophyceae incertae sedis; Family Ulvophyceae familia
incertae sedis
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Morphology: |
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Green pseudoparenchymatous
filaments, mainly uniseriate, with thick cell walls
and a parietal chloroplast. Quadriflagellate zoospores are formed duing
asexual reproduction. |
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Entocladia. |
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Habitat: |
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Grow on and within the hairs of sloths as well
as on shells of freshwater mollusks in South America. [Note: Small cyanobacteria unicells
(but apparently not Trichophilus) grow
within the tube-like guard hairs of polar bears when kept in zoos in the
semi-tropics.] |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic
publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 August 2013. Weber-van Bosse,
A. 1887. Étude
sur les algues parasites
des Paresseux.
Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche
Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem serie 3 5(1): 1-24, pls
I-III. |
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