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Name derivation:
Classification:
Pseudococcomyxa Korshikov 1953; 3 of 4 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order Chlorellales; Family Oocystaceae
Morphology:
Oval, fusiform or egg-shaped unicells approximately 3 by 12 μm, attached to planktonic substrates (debris for example) by a basal mucilaginous disc. [No flagellated stage has been reported.]
Similar genera:
Chlorobion and Podohedriella are ‘comparable’ (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Habitat:
Attached to planktonic particles in beat bogs and reservoirs; reported only from eastern Europe.
References:
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 May 2013. Korshikov, O. 1953. Viznachnik prisnovodnihk vodorostey Ukrainsykoi RSR [Vyp] V. Pidklas Protokokovi (Protococcineae). Bakuol'ni (Vacuolales) ta Protokokovi (Protococcales) [The Freshwater Algae of the Ukrainian SSR. V. Sub-Class Protococcineae. Vacuolales and Protococcales]. pp. 1-439. Kyjv [Kiev]: Akad. Nauk URSR.