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Name derivation:
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“Green sea-fish” – Sea-fish Characio- green –chloris |
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Classification:
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Characiochloris Pascher 1927;
8 of 15 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Characiochloridaceae
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Morphology:
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Green colonies of cells
often conjoined by mucilage stalks.
Cell shape varies from oviod to spindle
or fuiform, with a basal pad (sometimes with
flagella protruding) that attaches it to the substratum. In the presence of abundant iron the pad
will take on a red color. [In phycokey Characiochloris
can be found with both green unflagellated unicells and green unflagellated
colonies.] |
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Habitat:
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Widely
distributed, found in soil but is usually an epiphyte on other freshwater
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References:
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication,
National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on
15 September 2013. Patterson, D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Pascher, A. 1927.
Volvocales = Phytomonadinae.
In: Die Süsswasser-Flora
Deutschlands, Österreichs
und der Schweiz. Heft. 4. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. 20-505. Jena |
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