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Home / Chlorophyceae / Unicells / Flagellated / Lobomonas |
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Name derivation: |
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Lobed flagellate |
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Classification: |
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Lobomonas P.-A.Dangeard 1899; 12 of 15 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Chlamydomonadaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Biflagellate spherical to ovoid and lobed unicells with an anterior papillum at the flagellar insertion points and a cup-shaped chloroplast. |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater ponds and soil. Widespread distribution. |
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References: |
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Dangeard, P.-A. 1899. Mémoire sur les Chlamydomonadinées ou l'histoire d'une cellule. Le Botaniste 6(2-6): 65-290. Guiry, M.D.
and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National
University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2013. |
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