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"Gelatinous hairs" – Gelatinous Gloeo- hairs –chaete |
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Classification: |
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Gloeochaete Lagerheim 1883; 2 of 3 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Glaucocystales; Family Glaucocystaceae
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Morphology: |
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Four ovoid or cells 6 x 12 µm, within a hemispherical gelatinous mass. Each cell has one or two long slender gelatinous hairs with sheathed bases (Prescott and Croasdale 1942). Similar to other glaucids the bluegreen cyanelles are thought to be endosymbionts within a tetrasporaceious host. |
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater pools, somewhat acidic. |
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References: |
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Lagerheim, G. 1883. Bidrag till Sveriges algflora. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar Arg. 40(1/2): 37-78. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 September 2013. Prescott, G.W., and H.T. Croasdale 1942. The algae of New England II. American Midland Naturalist 27:662-676. |
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