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Name derivation:
Classification:
Pseudomuriella N.Hanagata 1998; all four species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Sphaeropleales; Family Sphaeropleales
Morphology:
Spherical green unicells, diameter ~ 5 µm.
Similar genera:
Four marker genes were used to determine phylogeny among three morphologically similar genera formerly recognized as distinct (Fučíková et al. 2011a). Dictyococcus schumacherensis and Bracteacoccus engadinensis are proposed to be moved to Pseudomuriella, making them synonyms (Fučíková et al. 2011b)
Habitat:
Soil.
References:
Fučíková, K, J.C. Rada, A. Lukešová, and L.A. Lewis 2011a. Cryptic diversity within the genus Pseudomuriella Hanagata (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Sphaeropleales) assessed using four Barcode markers. Nova Hedwigia Band 93 Heft 1-2:29-46. Fučíková, K., J.C. Rada, and L.A. Lewis 2011b. The tangled taxonomic history of Dictyococcus, Bracteacoccus and Pseudomuriella (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) and their distinction based on a phylogenetic perspective. Phycologia: July 2011, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 422-429. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 October 2012. Hanagata, N. 1998. Phylogeny of the subfamily Scotiellocystoideae (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) and related taxa inferred from 18S ribosomal RNAgene sequence data. Journal of Phycology 34: 1049-1054, 2 figs.