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Home / Greens / Filamentous / Branched / Cloniophora
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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Chloniophora Tiffany 1936; 6 of 8 species descriptions are currently
accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2012).
Order Ulvales; Family Chloniophoraceae
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Morphology:
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Branched uniseriate green trichomes. Cells in secondary branches are shorter than those in primary branches. Terminal cells conical or blunt tipped. Biflagellate zoospores develop in lateral granch cells. Attached to a substrate.
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Similar
genera:
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Chaetophora.
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Habitat:
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Tropical freshwater to brackish water.
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Citing Phycokey:
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Baker,
A.L. et al.
. Phycokey -- an image based key to Algae (PS Protista),
Cyanobacteria, and other aquatic objects. University of New Hampshire Center
for Freshwater Biology. http://cfb.unh.edu/phycokey/phycokey.htm
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References:
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry,
G.M. 2012. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org;
searched on 19 December 2012. |
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