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Name derivation:
“Quivering colony” – Quivering motion Palmos
Classification:
Palmella Lyngbye 1819; 5 of 120 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Palmellaceae
Morphology:
Globular colony formed of mostly spherical cells that are green or dark red. Cell walls form concentric circles around individual cells.
Similar genera:
Palmellopsis, observed to turn 'brick red' when cells are older (Guiry and Guiry 2013), currently is not distinguished from Palmella in Phycokey.
Habitat:
Freshwater in North America and Europe.
References:
Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. and G.M.Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 September 2013. Lyngbye, H.C. 1819. Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.