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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Cylindrocapsa Reinsch 1867; 5 of 6 species descriptions are currently
accepted taxonomically *Guiry and Guiry 2014).
Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Cylindrocapsaceae
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Morphology: |
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Unbranched,
filamentous green alga that is often attached, with rounded cells, each containing a pyrenoid surrounded by a thick lamellate wall. Young
filaments often have an axial chloroplast. |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater lakes
and bogs |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 2 May 2014. Reinsch,
P.[F.] (1867). Die
Algenflora des mittleren Theiles
von Franken (des Keupergebietes mit den
angrenzenden Partien des jurassischen Gebietes) enthaltend die von Autor bis
jetzt in diesen Gebieten beobachteten Süsswasseralgen und die Diagnosen und
Abbildungen von ein und fünfzig vom Autor in diesen Gebiete entdeckten neuen
Arten und drei neuen Gattungen. pp. i-viii, 1-238, 13 pls. Nürnberg: Verlag von Wilhelm Schmid. Wehr, John D, Sheath,
Robert. 2003. Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification.
Academic Press. |
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