Phycokey - Kirchneriella

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Name derivation:
Named after O. Kirchner.
Classification:
Kirchneriella Schmidle 1893; 14 of 62 species are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Sphaeropleales; Family Selenastraceae
Morphology:
Individual sickle shaped cells form a colony of 2-64 cells in a mucus envelope, shapes of colonies vary. The cells are uninucleated and contain a single chloroplast. Asexual reproduction by autospores, produced in a series and released by rupture of the parental cell wall.
Similar genera:
Raphidocelis Hindák, 1977 is not separated from Kirchneriella in PhycoKey.
Habitat:


References:
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013. Hindák, F. 1977. Studies on the chlorococcal algae (Chlorophyceae). I. Biologicke Práce 23: 1-192. Schmidle, W. 1893. Beiträge zur Algenflora des Schwartzwaldes und der Rheinebene. Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesammelt Freiberg 7: 68-112.

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