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Name derivation:

 

 

Classification:

Phaeosphaera  West and G.S.West  1903;  1 of 3 species descriptions is currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013.

Order Chromulinales;  Family Chrysococcaceae

Morphology:

Cylindrical, branched or reticulate colonies of spherical golden cells, each with 2 – 4 chloroplasts.

 

Habitat:

Freshwater; small lakes in North America and Europe.

 

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