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Name derivation:

Golden sphere (Golden- chryso-, capsules -capsa)

Classification:

Chrysocapsa  Pascher  1913;  9 of 13 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014).

Order Chromulinales;  Family Chrysocapsaceae

 

Morphology:

Amorphous colonies with unpigmented gelatinous extracellular matrix.

Similar genera:

 

 

Habitat:

Freshwater

 

References:

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry  2013.  AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 May 2013.

Pascher, A.  1913.  Crysomonadinae (Pascher, A. & E. Lemmermann: Flagellatae II). In: Die Süsswasserflora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz.. (Pascher, A. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 1-95. Jena, Germany: Gustav Fischer.