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Name derivation: |
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Green
angular cell or green productive cell
Green Chloro-
elongate or productive -gonium |
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Classification: |
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Mesostigma Lauterborn 1894; 1 of 2 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Mesostigmatales; Family Mesostigmataceae |
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Morphology: |
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Biflagellate green unicells,
flattened, with insertion of flagella in a pit near the apical end. One chloroplast and an eyespot. With or without pyrenoids
(species dependent). Both the plasma
membrane and flagella are covered with at least one layer of organic scales,
the outer layer being large enough to be seen with the light microscope. |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater |
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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 16 April 2013. Lauterborn, R. 1894. Ueber die Winterfauna einiger Gewässer der Oberrheinebene. Mit Beschreibungen neuer Protozoen. Biologische Centralblatt 14: 390-398. |
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