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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Siphomonas E.G. Pringsheim 1946; one species has been defined and is currently accepted taxonomically.Order Chromulinales; Family Chromulinaceae or Ochromonadaceae (Kristiansen and Preisig 2001).
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Morphology: |
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Colony of biflagellate unicells attached to branching stalks. Food vacuoles containing bacteria often observed. Stalks stained with oxides of iron and manganese (Guiry and guiry 2016).
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Similar genera: |
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Cladomonas, Anthophysa, Siderodendron.
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater, in alkaline polluted habitats, attached or planktonic. Reported only from England and France (Ibid.).
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 2 March 2016. Pringsheim, E.G. 1946. On iron flagellates. Philos. Transactions of the Royal. Society of London, Ser. B (232):311-342. |