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Home / Chlorophyceae / Unicells / Non-flagellated / Echinosphaeridium |
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Name derivation: |
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Classification:
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Echinosphaeridium Lemmermann 1904; both two species descriptions are
currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Sphaeropleales; Family Neochloridaceae |
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Morphology: |
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Green
spherical unicells up to 24 µm diameter bearing a
single large chloroplast and up to 40 outward-directed spines each 35 – 55 µm
long, with narrowly conical bases. |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater
plankton |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide
electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 October
2013. Lemmermann, E. (1904). Das Plankton schwedischer
Gewässer. Arkiv
för Botanik 2(2): 1-209. |
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