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Heterothrichopsis
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Name derivation: |
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Classification:
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Heterothrichopsis Iyengar and Kanthamma 1941;
1 of 2 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Ulotrichales; Family Ulotrichaceae
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Morphology: |
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Short green unbranched
filaments not more than 4 cells long.
Cells with up to 8 discoid chloroplasts, mostly 1-4. |
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Similar genera: |
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Stichococcus is morphologically similar
but lacks pyrenoids. Xanthonema (syn. Heterothrix) in the Tribophyceae
is similar morphologically but lacks starch. |
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Habitat: |
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Soil.
There are just two records, one from India in a soil culture, and another
from northeastern Pakistan (Zarina et al. 2005). |
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References: |
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Guiry. M.D. and
G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org;
searched on 21 Jul 2013. Iyengar, M.O.P. and S. Kanthamma 1941. A note on Heterothrichopsis viridisgen. et sp. nov. Journal
of the Indian Botanical Society 20:105. Zarina, A., M-Ul-Hasan, and M. Shameel 2005. Taxonomic study of the Order Ulotrichales (Chlorophyta) from
north-eastern areas of Pakistan. Pakistanian Journal of botany 37(40):797-806. |
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