Actinochloris
Appearance
Actinochloris | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: | Actinochloridaceae |
Genus: | Actinochloris Korshikov, 1953 |
Species: | A. sphaerica
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Binomial name | |
Actinochloris sphaerica Korschikov, 1953[1]
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Actinochloris is a genus of green algae, in the family Actinochloridaceae, with a single species Actinochloris sphaerica.[1] It is a subaerial to terrestrial alga.[2]
Actinochloris consists of solitary cells. They are initially broadly ellipsoid to ovoid but always spherical when mature, and up to 85
References
[edit]- ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Actinochloris". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ a b 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.