Pseudulvella

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Pseudulvella
Pseudulvella americana as Ulvella americana in Snow 1899.jpg
Pseudulvella americana
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Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetopeltidales
Family: Chaetopeltidaceae
Genus: Pseudulvella
Wille, 1909
Species [1]

Pseudulvella is a genus of green algae, in the family Chaetopeltidaceae. [1] It is an epiphyte, found in freshwater or marine habitats. [2]

Pseudulvella consists of filaments of cells that radiate outwards to form a disk. Cells are uninucleate, with a chloroplast containing a pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction is by quadriflagellate zoospores. [2]

The species Pseudulvella americana is closely related to Chaetopeltis and morphologically similar, but lacks pseudocilia. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Pseudulvella taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  2. 1 2 3 Sanchez-Puerta, M. Virginia; Leonardi, Patricia I.; O'Kelly, Charles J.; Cáceres, Eduardo J. (2006). "Pseudulvella americana belongs to the order Chaetopeltidales (class Chlorophyceae), evidence from ultrastructure and SSU rDNA sequence data". Journal of Phycology. 42 (4): 943–950. Bibcode:2006JPcgy..42..943S. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00245.x.


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