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Name derivation: |
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Perhaps "tail cells" (uro- from oura tail, -spora cells) -- but many interpretations of "uro-" |
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Classification:
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Urospora Areschoug 1866;
14 of 41 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2015).
Order Ulotrichales; Family Ulotrichaceae
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Morphology: |
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Straight or coiling green filaments with
a distinct colorless sheath. The basal
cell is attached by a mucilaginous disc. Also, the cell has a single,
band-like chloroplast and up to four pyrenoids.
Reproduction is asexual. Mature cells
are multinucleate. Descending rhizoids
from several lower cells form attachments to substrates. More detail in Guiry
and Guiry 2015 (online). |
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Habitat: |
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Estuarine, attached to
substrate. Collected at Dover Point, NH by Prof. Arthur Mathieson,
Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire (24 May 2009). |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication,
National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on
08 September 2015. |
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