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Name derivation: |
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Classification: |
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Kybotion Pascher 1940; 1 of 3 species descriptions is currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014).Order Hibberdiales; Family Stylococcaceae. |
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Morphology: |
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Loricate sessile unicells with one or two chloroplasts, and with a cytoplasmic pseudopod (rhizopodium) often extending through the narrow opening at the apex of the lorica, presumably for capturing bacteria. Lorica has the shape of a flask ~10 microns diameter at the base, lying on its side against a substrate. Asexual reproduction includes a flagellated zoospore that exits the lorica, moves to a new location, and becomes amoeboid during the “settling” to become sessile and construct a new lorica). |
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Habitat: |
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Epiphytic in generally oligotrophic and slightly acidic freshwater lakes. |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2014. Pascher, A. 1940. Rhizopodiale Chrysophyceen. Archiv für Protistenkunde 93: 331-349. |
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