Basichlamys Skuja, 1956

Holotype species: Basichlamys sacculifera (Scherffel) Skuja

Original publication and holotype designation: Skuja, H. (1956). Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series IV 16(3): 1-404, 63 plates.

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Description: Colonies contain 4 cells attached to their parental cellular sheath (sac), forming a square. Cells ovoid and somewhat asymmetrical, each with two equal flagella, a stigma, two contractile vacuoles at the base of the flagella, and a massive cup-shaped chloroplast with single pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by autocolony formation; akinetes sometimes formed. Sexual reproduction isogamous, forming walled aplanozygotes. Basichlamys is rare but cosmopolitan in freshwater. Basichlamys was described for Gonium sacculiferum Scherffel. It is distinguished from Gonium in lacking connections of the cellular sheaths of the constitutive cells, which attach only to the sac. Some authors do not recognize this genus and use Gonium sacculiferum.

Information contributed by: H. Nozaki. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2020-03-16 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Masjuk, N.P. & Lilitska, G.G. (2011). Volvocales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 218-225. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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