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Home / Chrysophyceae / Colonial / Non-flagellated / Chrysosphaera |
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Classification: |
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Chrysosphaera Pascher 1914; 6 of 9 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014).Order Chromulinales; Family Chrysophaeraceae
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Morphology: |
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Colonies of golden-brown spherical cells, each cell bearing 1 – 8 parietal chloroplasts. Some species have a stigma and 1 – 2 contractile vacuoles. Reproduce either with biflagellate zoospores or autospores.
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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 16 January 2013. |
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