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Classification: |
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Pedinella Vysotskii 1887; 4 of 12 species
descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2016). Class Dictyochophyceae; Order Pedinellales |
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Morphology: |
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Barrel-shaped unicells ~10 µm
diameter, with ridges along each of six elongate chloroplasts. Nucleus in center of cell.One apical flagellum surrounded by a ring of
six short tentacles. Attached to a substrated by a relatively long cytoplasmic stalk
extending from the posterior end of the cell, or the stalk may detach and the cell is then planktonic. |
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Habitat: |
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Shallow
brackish habitats. Uncommon, reported
from northern Europe. |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic
publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30
April 2013. Vysotskii [Wysotzki],
A.V. 1887. Les mastigophores et rhizopodes trouvés dans les lacs Weissowo
et Repnoie (près
Slaviansk, Gouvern. Kharkov). Trudy Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Pri Imperatorskom Kharkovskom Universitetie 21: 119-140. |
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