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Name derivation: |
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Row (sticho-) of kernels (-coccus). |
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Classification: |
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Stichococcus Nägeli 1849;
26 of 48 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014).
Order Prasiolales; Family Prasiolaceae
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Morphology: |
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Short unbranched trichomes with few
cells, no branches, with minimal contact between adjacent cells. One
relatively large chloroplast per cell. The cells are cylindrical and
elongated with thin walls, and have a parietal chloroplast..
Reproduction (asexual) is through fragmentation and cell division. |
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Similar genera: |
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Klebsormidium has pyrenoids while Stichococcus lacks them. Ulothrix
has broad contact between adjacent cells. |
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Habitat: |
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Grows
in a wide range of habits; found in marine, freshwater, or soil-free
surfaces. Even grows on snow (cryobiotic) in Antarctica causing a light-green
coloration. |
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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 30 May 2014. Nägeli, C.
1849. Gattungen einzelliger
Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der
Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii,
1-139, pls I-VIII. |
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