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Bodanella Zimmermann, 1927: There is only one species which has been accepted taxonomically. Order Ectocarpales; Family Phaeostrophiaceae. Inclusion in the Ectocarpales has been questioned on the basis of rbcL grouping (McCauley and Wehr 2007).
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Uniseriate branching filaments; cell width 6 - 18 μ , cell length 7 - 44 μ in culture (Guillard-Provasoli collection).
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The uniseriate branched filamentous brown algae Heribaudiella, Ectocarpus, Hincksia, and Pylaiella. The closest rbcL sequence is with Heribaudiella (McCauley and Wehr 2007).
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Freshwater lakes (Fritsch 1965, p. 58). Either rare or overlooked, as it is not included in other phycologic keys and texts I've checked, whether recent or historic. Apparently the most recent (1991) collection was in Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany.
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Fritsch, F.E. 1965. The structure and reproduction of the algae, volume II. Cambridge University Press. Guiry, M.D., and G.M. Guiry 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 January 2016. McCauley, L.A.R. and J.D. Wehr 2007. Taxonomic reappraisal of the freshwrter brown algae Bodanella, Ectocarpus, Heribaudiella, and Pleurocladia (Phaeophyceae) on the basis of rbcL sequences and morphological characters. Phycologia 46(4):429-439. Zimmermann, W. 1927. Über Algenbstände aus der Tiefenzone des Bodensees. Zur Ökologie und Soziologie des Tiefseepflazen. Zeitschrift für Botanik 20: 1-28.
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