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Name
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Classification:
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Coccomyxa
Schmidle 1901; 21 of 34 described species are
currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2013).
Order Chlorococcales; Family Coccomyxaceae or Trebouxiophyceaed (Calisová et
al. 2011).
[Fungal synonym: Coccomyxa
Léger et Hesse,
1907. See Diamant
et al. 2007.]
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Morphology:
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Green non-flagellated colonies or unicells surrounded by
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Habitat:
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Generally terrestrial, temperate to polar zones, either
free-living as jelly-like masses on mosses and rocks, but also symbionts of Ginkgo, and symbionts
of fungi to form lichens. In
addition some species are endobionts (as parasites)
in mussels; psychrophilic although maximum growth
rate is at ~20 C (Blanc et al. 2012). |
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References:
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Caisová, L., B. Marin, N. Sausen, T. Proschold, and M. Melkonian 2011. Polyphyly
of Chaetophora andStigeoclonium within the Chaetophorales
(Chlorophyceae), revealed by sequence comparisons
of nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA genes. Journal of Phycology
47(1): 164-177. Diamant, A., A. Lipshitz and M. Ucko 2007. Phylogeny of Coccomyxa
(Myxosporea: Myxidiidae)
spp. With the description of a new species from Bathygobius
cyclopterus (Gobiidae) in
the northern Red Sea. Folia Parasitologica 54:109-116. [Fungal parasite of fish.] Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 1 January 2013. Leger L., and E. Hesse 1907. Sur une
nouvelle Myxosporidia parasite de la sardine. C. R.
Acad. Sci. Paris 145: 85–87.
[Fungal parasite of fish – not the green alga.] Schmidle, W. 1901. Über drei Algengenera. Berichte
der Deutschen Botanischen Gessellschaft 19:
10-24. |