Signiosphaera Broady, 1977

Holotype species: Signiosphaera multinucleata Broady

Currently accepted name for the type species: Pseudodictyochloris multinucleata (Broady) Ettl & Gärtner

Original publication and holotype designation: Broady, P.A. (1977). A new genus and two new species of terrestrial Chlorophycean algae from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica. British Phycological Journal 12(1): 7-15, 3 figs.

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Description: Spherical, free-living unicells containing a parietal, reticulate green chromatophore and several parietal contractile vacuoles. Reproduction by walled, equally biflagellate zoospores and autospores.

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

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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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