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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Gloeodendron Korshikov 1916;
both species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Tetrasporales; Family Gloeodendraceae
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Morphology:
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Pseudofilamentous colony, can be as
large as 115 cm long, cells embedded in copious mucilage, itself becoming
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Habitat:
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Freshwater epiliths
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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,
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