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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Spondylomorum Ehrenberg 1848;
1 of 2 species descriptions is currently accepted taxonomically.
Family Chlamydomonadales; Family Spondylomoraceae
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Morphology:
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Stellate
or mulberry-shaped colonies of 8 – 16 cells located in 4-celled tiers with no
mucilaginous matrix. Ovoid to
pear-shaped cells with a posterior tail.
Four isocontic flagella, two contractile
vacuoles and a large cup-shaped chloroplast per cell. Rarely
reported. No
culture studies have been carried out, and its existence has been questioned
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Habitat:
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Freshwater lakes. |
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References:
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Ehrenberg, C.G. 1848. Beobachtung zweier generisch neuer Formen des Frühlingsgewässers bei Berlin als lebhaft grüne
Wasserfärbung.
Bericht Über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1848:233-237. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide
electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17
May 2013. |
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