Coelastropsis

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Coelastropsis
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(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Scenedesmaceae
Genus: Coelastropsis
B.Fott & T.Kalina
Species:
C. costata
Binomial name
Coelastropsis costata
B.Fott & T.Kalina 1979 [1]

Coelastropsis is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae, containing the single species Coelastropsis costata. [2] It is found in freshwater lakes and bogs, usually associated with mosses and filamentous algae. [3] It has been recorded in Europe, Cuba and possibly New Zealand. [1]

Coelastropsis consists of coenobia of cells. Cells are borne in irregular spheroidal clusters of 2, 4, 8, or 16, not surrounded by a layer of mucilage. Cells are surrounded by a thick cell wall which are covered in longitudinal ribs. The cell contains a single parietal chloroplast, with one pyrenoids. [1]

Coelastropsis reproduces asexually by producing autospores, where each spore develops into a cell of the new coenobium. Flagellated stages and sexual reproduction have not been observed. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Coelastropsis". AlgaeBase . World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Coelastropsis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. D. M. John; Brian A. Whitton; Alan J. Brook, eds. (2002). The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-77051-4.