Pediastrum duplex forms nonmotile coenobia (colonies) with a fixed number of cells. These coenobia are flat and have a circular shape. The colonies usually contain 8 to 32 cells, with examples of 4, 64 or 128 occurring rarely.[3] Colonies have holes between the cells; the holes are smaller in diameter than the cells. The cells are polygonal, distinctly rectangular in outline with concave sides. The outer cells of the coenobium have two triangular lobes that are longer than the cell body. At the tip of the lobes are very short rosettes that may also have fine bristles. The cell wall is usually smooth, but may sometimes have a distinct sculptured texture.[4] It reproduces by forming autocolonies asexually, although sexual reproduction has also been observed.[5]
Pediastrum duplex is a very common component of the freshwater phytoplankton, and has a cosmopolitan distribution. Because the cell wall is resistant to decay, the cell wall has been found in Holocene lake sediments.[4]
Infraspecies
Because Pediastrum duplex is very variable, many infraspecific taxa have been named. A partial list is included below:
Pediastrum duplex brachylobum Pediastrum duplex clathratum Pediastrum duplex cohaerens Pediastrum duplex duplex Pediastrum duplex f. denticulatumIsabella & R.J. Patel Pediastrum duplex gracillimum Pediastrum duplex regulosum Pediastrum duplex reticulatum Pediastrum duplex rotundatum Pediastrum duplex var. asperum Pediastrum duplex var. clathratum(A.Braun) Lagerheim, 1882 Pediastrum duplex var. convexumW. Krieger Pediastrum duplex var. cornutum Pediastrum duplex var. gracillimumW. West & G.S. West Pediastrum duplex var. irregulareG.R. Hegde & K. Somanna Pediastrum duplex var. longicorneW. Krieger Pediastrum duplex var. reticulatumLagerheim, 1882 Pediastrum duplex var. rugulosumRaciborski Pediastrum duplex var. subgranulatumRaciborski[6][7]
One variety, Pediastrum duplex var. gracillimum, has been shown to be not closely related to Pediastrum duplexsensu stricto. It differs by having cells with narrower lobes and comparatively larger gaps between cells in the colonies.[4] This variety has been split off as a new genus, named Lacunastrum with Lacunastrum gracillimum as its sole species.[8]
1 2 3 Komárek, Jirí; Jankovská, Vlasta (2001). Review of the Green Algal Genus Pediastrum; Implication for Pollen-analytical Research. Bibliotheca Phycologica. Schweizerbart Science Publishers. p.127. ISBN978-3-443-60035-8.
↑ McManus, Hilary A.; Lewis, Louise A.; Schultz, Eric T. (2011). "Distinguishing multiple lineages of Pediastrum duplex with morphometrics and a proposal for Lacunastrum gen. nov". Journal of Phycology. 47: 123–130. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00941.x. S2CID43130148.
Further reading
Cao, X., Strojsová, A., Znachor, P. & Zapomelová, E. (2005). Detection of extracellular phosphatases in natural spring phytoplankton of a shallow eutrophic lake (Donghu, China). European Journal of Phycology 40: 251–258.
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: vii + 276.
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1–1023. China: www.sciencep.com.
Elgavish, A.; Halmann, M.; Berman, T. (2019). "A comparative study of phosphorus utilization and storage in batch cultures of Peridinium cinctum, Pediastrum duplex and Cosmarium sp., from Lake Kinneret (Israel)". Phycologia. 21 (1): 47–54. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-21-1-47.1. ISSN0031-8884.
Lehman, John T. (1976). "Photosynthetic capacity and luxury uptake of carbon during phosphate limitation in Pediastrum duplex (Chlorophyceae)". Journal of Phycology. 12 (2): 190–193. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1976.tb00500.x. ISSN0022-3646. S2CID86230705.
Sigee, D. C.; Dean, A.; Levado, E.; Tobin, M. J. (2002). "Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy of Pediastrum duplex: characterization of a micro-population isolated from a eutrophic lake". European Journal of Phycology. 37 (1): 19–26. doi:10.1017/S0967026201003444. ISSN0967-0262. S2CID86259018. pdf
Smoliner, C. (1983). Das zähe leben der grünalge Pediastrum duplex. Mikrokosmos 8: 241–245.
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