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Name derivation: |
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“Angled colony” – Angled or corner Gonia |
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Classification: |
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Gonium O.F.Müller, 1773; 12 of 20 species
descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry
and Guiry 2013).
Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Goniaceae
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Morphology: |
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Flat colonies
where individual cells are all orientated the same way. The individual cells
are mostly ovoid and each has two equal flagella and a stigma. They are
attached by gelatinous sheaths that surround them. |
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Habitat: |
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Cosmopolitan in
freshwater, more common in richer waters |
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References: |
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Müller, O.F.
1773. Vermium
terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et
testaceorum, non marinorum,
succincta historia.
Vol. 1 pp. [1-33], 1-135. Havniae and Lipsiae: Apud Heineck et Faber, typis M. Hallager. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland,
Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched
on 10 September 2013. |
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