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Name derivation:
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Classification:
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Mischococcus Nägeli 1849; both 2 species descriptions are currently
accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Mischococcales; Family Pleurochloridaceae
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Morphology:
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Mucilaginous
colonies of spherical cells with one or many discoid chloroplasts. May be stained with iron precipitate. Zoospores have two unequal flagella. Colonies are initiated from a single cell
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Habitat:
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Epiphytic on
filamentous alge in freshwater pools and small lakes. Found in Europe and Asia. |
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References:
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013.
AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National
University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2013. Nägeli, C. 1849. Gattungen
einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue
Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten
Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII. |
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