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Name
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Classification:
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Coccobotrys Chodat, 1913; 2 of 2 described species are currently
accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2013).
Order
Chaetophorales; Family
Chaetophoraceae
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Morphology:
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Branched green filaments. |
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Similar genera:
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Habitat:
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Terrestrial,
Antarctica (Broady and Ingerfeld 1993). |
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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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Broady, P.A., and M. Ingerfeld 1993.
Three new species and a new record of chaetophoracean (Chlorophyta)
algae from terrestrial habitats in Antarctica. European Journal of Phycology 28(1):25-31. Chodat, R.
1913. Monographies d'algues
en culture pure. Materiaux pour la flore cryptogamique Suisse. Vol. 5, Fasc. 2 pp. XII, 266, 201 fig.,
9 Pl. Berne: K.J. Wyss. Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of
Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 1 January 2013. |
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