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Name derivation:
Green angular cell or green productive cell. Green Chloro- elongate or productive –gonium
Classification:
Dysmorphococcus Takeda 1916; 9 of 10 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014). Order Chlamydomonadales, Family Phacotaceae
Morphology:
Spindle-shaped or elongated ellipsoidal. Has two equal length flagella at anterior end. There are at least two contractile vacuoles one positioned at each end of the cell. Chloroplasts is parietal, lacking pyrenoids or with one or more pyrenoids (Nozaki 2003).
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Habitat:
Freshwater; widespread in North America (Nozaki 2003).
References:
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2014. Nozaki, H. 2003. Flagellated green algae. In: Wehr, J.D., and R.G. Sheath. Freshwater Algae of North America, Academic Press (Chapter 6) .