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Classification: |
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Pseudopedinella N. Carter 1937; 6 of 10 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, broadest at the apex, with six (rarely three) elongate
golden chloroplasts. Anterior
tentacles sometimes present. One
anterior flagellum 3-5 times the cell length. A contractile pseudopodium
0.5-6x cell length protrudes from the posterior end of the cell does not
attach to a substrate (Ibid.).
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Habitat: |
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Common
in both freshwater and marine plankton from the Arctic Ocean to the
Mediterranean Sea (Ibid.).
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References: |
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Carter, N.
1937. New or interesting algae
from brackish water. Archiv
für Protistenkunde 90: 1-68. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland,
Galway. http://www.algaebase.org;
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