Dispora
| Dispora | |
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| Dispora crucigneioides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Coccomyxaceae |
| Genus: | Dispora Printz[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dispora crucigenioides Printz[1]
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| Species[1] | |
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Dispora is a genus of green algae, in the family Coccomyxaceae.[1] It is found in freshwater habitats especially in those with low pH, but it is typically uncommon or rare.[2]
Description
[edit]Dispora consists of microscopic colonies of cells, ranging from four to 128, in a homogeneous mucilage. Within the colony, cells are arranged in diads or tetrads, usually as a grid in a flat plane. One species, D. globosa, has globular colonies. Cells are hemispherical, ovate, or triangular; cells are uninucleate with a single parietal chloroplast and no pyrenoids (except for D. globosa). Cells reproduce by simple vegetative division, while colonies may reproduce by fragmentation.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Dispora". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ 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.
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