Schizochlamydella Korshikov, 1953

Holotype species: Schizochlamydella delicatula (West) Korshikov

Currently accepted name for the type species: Phaeoschizochlamys delicatula (West) R.A.Andersen

Original publication and holotype designation: Korshikov, A.A. (1953). Viznachnik prisnovodnihk vodorostey Ukrainsykoi RSR. Pidklas Protokokovi (Protococcineae). Bakuol'ni (Vacuolales) ta Protokokovi (Protococcales) [The Freshwater Algae of the Ukrainian SSR. Sub-Class Protococcineae. Vacuolales and Protococcales]. Vol. 5 pp. 439, 421 figures. Kyiv: Akademyy Nauk Ukrayins'koy RSR. [in Ukrainian]

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Description: Microscopic unicellular to colonial aggregations of cells embedded in structureless mucilaginous envelope. Colony spherical to amorphous, when colonial with cells generally dispersed in mucilage along with remnants of sporangial walls. Cells spherical, 2-10 &m in diameter with smooth cell walls. Cells uninucleate; chloroplast single and parietal with one to several pyrenoids, pyrenoid difficult to resolve in S. capsulata without staining for starch. Asexual reproduction by autospores; 2-4 (up to 8 in S. sphaerica) spherical to slightly oval spores released through a tear in sporangial wall. Flagellated stages and sexual reproduction unknown. Schizochlamydella planktonic in freshwater (S. solitaria, S. delicatula), isolated from soil (S. spherica, S. delicatula) or from brackish water (S. capsulata). Species reported from Europe, Japan and Florida with Florida only known site for brackish water species. S. capsulata shows growth in 1-37 0/00 seawater and has requirement for vitamin B12. Species of Schizochlamydella previously described as Schizochlamys or Chlorella. Species distinguished based on cell size and number of cells per colony, habitat requirements and chloroplast morphology. According to Bourrelly (1972), the type species, S. delicatula is a chrysophyte and has been placed in Phaeoschizochlamys; however, see comments in Komárek and Fott (1983).

Information kindly contributed by D. Garbary & A. Comas but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phaeoschizochlamys.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Trebouxiophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 61-108. 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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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 July 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024