Palmellopsis | |
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: | Palmellopsidaceae |
Genus: |
Palmellopsis Korshikov [1] |
Species | |
Palmellopsis is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Palmellopsidaceae. [1] [2] They are either planktonic or attached to substrates in fresh water, or in aeroterrestrial habitats. [3]
Palmellopsis consists of cells embedded in amorphous, gelatinous mucilage. The cells contain a cup-shaped chloroplast with a pyrenoid, as well as a single nucleus and two contractile vacuoles. [4] [3]
Asexual reproduction in this genus occurs by autospores or zoospores or by the fragmentation of the colonies. Zoospores have two equal flagella with a small stigma. [4]
Palmellopsis is distinguished from the similar genera Palmella [4] and Chlamydocapsa in that its mucilage layer is not lamellated. The differentiation between these genera is taxonomically problematic. [5]
Palmellopsis | |
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: | Palmellopsidaceae |
Genus: |
Palmellopsis Korshikov [1] |
Species | |
Palmellopsis is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Palmellopsidaceae. [1] [2] They are either planktonic or attached to substrates in fresh water, or in aeroterrestrial habitats. [3]
Palmellopsis consists of cells embedded in amorphous, gelatinous mucilage. The cells contain a cup-shaped chloroplast with a pyrenoid, as well as a single nucleus and two contractile vacuoles. [4] [3]
Asexual reproduction in this genus occurs by autospores or zoospores or by the fragmentation of the colonies. Zoospores have two equal flagella with a small stigma. [4]
Palmellopsis is distinguished from the similar genera Palmella [4] and Chlamydocapsa in that its mucilage layer is not lamellated. The differentiation between these genera is taxonomically problematic. [5]