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Classification: |
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Didymocystis Korshikov 1953;
2 of 6 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry
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Order Chlorellales; Family Oocystaceae
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Morphology: |
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Colonies of green non-flagellated uninucleate cells each with one chloroplast. |
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Similar genera: |
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Cosmarium
(placoderm desmid) and Dicellula can easily be confused with Didymocystis in general shape.
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater plankton. [Genus name not to be confused with the same name for helminth fish gill parasites, Didymocystis Ariola,
1902].
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M.
2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide
electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 January 2013. Korshikov, O. (1953). Vtznachnyk prisnovodnykh
vdorostej Ukrajns'koj
RSR. [Vyp] V. Pidklas Protokokovi (Protococcineae). Vakuol'ni (Vacuolales) ta Protokokovi (Protococcales)
[The Freshwater Algae of the Ukranian SSR. V.
Subclass Protococcineae. Vacuolales
and Protococcales]. pp. 439. Kyjv
[Kiev]: Akad. Nauk URSR. |
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