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Name derivation:
Classification:
Scourfieldia G.S.West 1912; 7 of 9 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Polyblepharidales; Family Prasinophyceae (Ettl 1983).
Morphology:
Flagellated, naked unicells, flattened, ellipsoid o almost rectangular. Anisokont (different length), two flagella. Two contractile vacuoles near base of flagella Single cup-shaped chloroplast without stigma and pyrenoid. No non-flagellated stages have been reported (Nozaki 2003).
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Habitat:
Freshwater. Wide pH range from peat bogs to alkaline lakes.
References:
Ettl, H. 1983. Chlorophyta I. Phytomonadia. In: Ettl, H., J. Gerloff, and D. Mollenhauer (Eds.), Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, B. 9, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. xiv – 807. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 July 2013. Moestrup, Ø . 1991. Further studies of presumedly primivive green algae, including description of Pedinophyceae class nov. and Resultor gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 27:119-133. Nozaki, H. 2003. Flagellated Green Algae. In: Wehr, J.D. and R.G. Sheath (Eds.), Freshwater Algae of the United States, Chapter 6.