Pseudoschroederia | |
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Sphaeropleales |
Family: | Characiaceae |
Genus: |
Pseudoschroederia E. Hegewald & E. Schnepf, 1986 |
Type species | |
Pseudoschroederia robusta | |
Species [1] | |
Pseudoschroederia is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae. It is planktonic in freshwater habitats, and probably has a cosmopolitan distribution. [1] The genus Pseudoschroederia was circumscribed by Eberhard Hegewald and Eberhard Schnepf in 1986. The genus was distinguished from the similar Schroederia by being heteropolar and differing cell structure. [1] However, some authors do not consider the genera to be separate. [2]
Pseudoschroederia consists of solitary cells. Cells are spindle-shaped, straight or curved, 22–84 μm long. One end tapers into a spine-like point, while the other end is bluntly tipped. Cells contain one nucleus, a single parietal chloroplast and one or several pyrenoids with a starch sheath. Cells reproduce asexually by zoospores. Zoospores have two flagella and contractile vacuoles. [1] Species are distinguished from one another by their overall shape and size. [1]
Pseudoschroederia | |
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Sphaeropleales |
Family: | Characiaceae |
Genus: |
Pseudoschroederia E. Hegewald & E. Schnepf, 1986 |
Type species | |
Pseudoschroederia robusta | |
Species [1] | |
Pseudoschroederia is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae. It is planktonic in freshwater habitats, and probably has a cosmopolitan distribution. [1] The genus Pseudoschroederia was circumscribed by Eberhard Hegewald and Eberhard Schnepf in 1986. The genus was distinguished from the similar Schroederia by being heteropolar and differing cell structure. [1] However, some authors do not consider the genera to be separate. [2]
Pseudoschroederia consists of solitary cells. Cells are spindle-shaped, straight or curved, 22–84 μm long. One end tapers into a spine-like point, while the other end is bluntly tipped. Cells contain one nucleus, a single parietal chloroplast and one or several pyrenoids with a starch sheath. Cells reproduce asexually by zoospores. Zoospores have two flagella and contractile vacuoles. [1] Species are distinguished from one another by their overall shape and size. [1]