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Home / Charophyceae / Desmids / Unicells/ Placoderm / Spinoclosterium |
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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Spinoclosterium C.Bernard 1909; 2 of 3 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Desmidiales; Family ClosteriaceaeSome authors consider Spinoclosterium to be a synonym of Closterium cuspidatum (Guiry and Guiry 2013). |
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Morphology: |
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Green unicells, elongate and curved, with a spine at each end. No isthmus – cell width is the same where the two hemicell walls meet as the adjacent regions; width tapers toward both ends of cell. Two chloroplast with scattered pyrenoids. Crystals are present in terminal vacuoles. |
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Closterium lacks terminal spines. |
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Habitat:
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Somewhat acidic and oligotrophic lakes and Sphagnum-dominated bogs. |
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References: |
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Bernard, C. 1909. Sur quelques algues unicellulaires d'eau douce récoltées dans le Domaine Malaise. pp. 1-94, 6 pls. Batavia: Départament de l'Agriculture aux Indes Néerland. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013. |
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