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Name derivation:
“Green bundle” -- Green Chloro- bundle –sarcina
Classification:
Chlorosarcina Gerneck, 1907; 7 of 10 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Chlorosarcinaceae
Morphology:
Individual cells are spheres, compressed together into grape like groups. Zoospores have two similar flagella.
Similar genera:
Habitat:
Terrestrial, epiphytic
References:
Gerneck, R. 1907. Zur Kenntnis der niederen Chlorophyceen. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 21(Abt. 2): 221-290. 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.