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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Gloeoactinium
G.M.Smith
1926; 1 of 3 species
descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Sphaeropleales; Family Scenedesmaceae
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Morphology:
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Green
colony of ovate-cuneate shaped cells apposed at their bases in radiating
groups of two or four; several of
these groups lie toward the periphery of a wide homogeneous gelatinous matrix
(Smith 1950). A single chloroplast
fills each cell. There is no pyrenoid. Reproduction is by
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Habitat:
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Freshwater plankton |
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References:
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Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. G.M.
Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication,
National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org;
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