Palmellopsis

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Palmellopsis
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Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Palmellopsidaceae
Genus: Palmellopsis
Korshikov [1]
Type species
Palmellopsis gelatinosa
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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Palmellopsis". AlgaeBase . University of Galway . Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  2. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Palmellopsis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. 1 2 Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN   978-0-12-385876-4.
  4. 1 2 3 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Palmellopsis". AlgaeBase . University of Galway . Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  5. ↑ Flechtner, Valerie R.; Johansen, Jeffrey R.; Belnap, Jayne (2008). "The Biological Soil Crusts of the San Nicolas Island: Enigmatic Algae from a Geographically Isolated Ecosystem" . Western North American Naturalist. 68 (4): 405–436. Bibcode:2008WNAN...68..405F. doi:10.3398/1527-0904-68.4.405. S2CID   85893165.


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