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Name derivation: |
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"Green cluster" -- Green Chloro- cluster –botrys |
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Classification: |
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Chlorobotrys Bohlin, 1901; 6 of 12 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014).Order Eustigmatales; Family Chlorobothryaceae. |
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Morphology: |
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Spherical cells, one or two within a mucilaginous sheath, forming colonies of up to 32 cells. Two species are currently recognized -- C. stellata and C. regularis (Ott and Oldham-Ott 2003). |
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Some species are synonymous with Vischeria and Chlorococcum species, including V. punctata, V. stellata and Chlorobotrys stellata; and Chlorobotrys regularis and Chlorococcum regularis (Ott and Oldham-Ott 2003). |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater acid bogs and fens. Found in North America in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin USA, as well as in British Columbia Canada (Ott and Oldham-Ott 2003). |
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References: |
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Graham, L. and L. Wilcox 2000. Algae. Prentice-Hall 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. Ott, D.W., and C.K. Oldham-Ott 2003. Eustigmatophyte, Raphidophyte, and Tribophyte algae. In: Freshwater Algae of North America, J.D. Wehr and R.G. Sheath (Eds). (pp. 423 - 469). |
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