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Name derivation:

 

Classification:

Dictyochloropsis  Geitler  1966;  currently 4 of 7 species descriptions are accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2013)

Order Trebouxiales;  Family Trebouxiaceae

 

Morphology:

Spherical green cells, 7 - 45 µm diameter.

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Habitat:

Terrestrial damp surfaces

References:

Geitler, L. (1966). Die Chlorococcalen Dictyochloris undDictyochloropsis nov. gen.  Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 133: 155-164.

Guiry, M.D. in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.  AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 January 2013.