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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Chlorellidium Vischer 1936; 3 of 3 described species are currently
accepted taxonomically (Guiry 2012).
Order
Mischococcales, Family Botryochloridaceae (Parker 1982) or Sciadaceae (Ling and Tyler 2000)
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Morphology:
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Colonies
mainly of 4 cells, occasionally 2 or 3, 8 – 20 µm
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Habitat:
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Soil,
or attached to freshwater substrates
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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. Vischer, W.
(1936). [Title not known.]. Verh. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 117: 307. |
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