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/ Colorless_Prymnesiophyceae
/ Rhipidodendron |
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Classification: |
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Rhipidodendron F.Stein 1878;
2 of 2 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically
(Guiry and Guiry 2013). Order
Coccolithophyceae incertae sedis; Family Coccolithophyceae incertae
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Morphology: |
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Flattened fan-shaped colony of
biflagellate spongomonads up to 440 μm long. Oval cells 12 – 20 μm long. Colorless bacteriovores, although colony
mucilage is rust-stained. More detailed description by the
National Institute of Environmental Science is online. |
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Similar genera: |
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Spongomonas |
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