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Classification:
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Genus Chloridella Pascher 1938. Currently 9 recognized species. Also classified as a Tribophyte. Related: Trichloridella
paradoxa P.C. Silver, Pleurochloridella botryodopsis Pascher
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Morphology:
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Spherical cells 10 - 20 mm diameter. |
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Identification is uncertain, easily confused with Vischeria and Nannochloropsis (Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorellidium and Pleurococcus (Tribophyceae), or even Chlorella (Chlorophyceae).
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Habitat:
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Epineustonic (in air, sitting on the surface film of water) in organically rich pools (Guiry and Guiry 2012). Reported in Lake Cariahue, Argentina (Temporetti et al. 2008), and the Antarctic Peninsula (Australian Antarctic Data Centre). Also reported in algal cultures of surface soil profiles in northern Egypt, as in the Nile valley (Shaaban et al. 2000). |
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References: |
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2012. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National
University of
Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 December 2012. Pedrozo, F.L., P.F. Temporetti, G. Beamud and M.M. Diza. 2008. Volcanic nutrient inputs and trophic state of Lake Caviahue, Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 178 (205-212). Shaaban A. S., Hamed A. F. &
Mansour H. A. 2000. Algal Flora of
Egyptian Soils : 1. The occurrence of
Cyanobacteria and Algae in some habitats. Taeckholmia 20(2):159-171. Vischer, W. (1936). [Title not known.]. Verh. Schweiz.
Naturf.
Ges. 117: 307. |
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