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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Gloeobotrys Pascher
1930; 14 of 22 species
descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry
2012).
Order Mischococcales; Family Gloeobotrydaceae
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Morphology:
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Non-flagellated ellipsoid cells with a few parietal
chloroplasts in a mucilaginous colony.
Produce both autospores
and zoospores.
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Habitat:
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Similar to many tribophyceae
(old: xanthophyceae)
they occur in spaghnum bog plankton but
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References:
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Guiry,
M.D. and G.M. Guiry
2012. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National Universityof
Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org;
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