Hemichloris Tschermak-Woess & Friedmann, 1984

Holotype species: Hemichloris antarctica Tschermak-Woess & Friedmann

Original publication and holotype designation: Tschermak-Woess, E. & Friedmann, E.I. (1984). Hemichloris antarctica, gen. et sp. nov. (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta), a cryptoendolithic alga from Antarctica. Phycologia 23(4): 443-454, 12 figs, 1 table.

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Description: Cells solitary, spherical, up to 11-(13) µm in diameter, with or without a mucilage envelope. Chloroplast single, parietal, saucer-shaped, without a pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by 2-(4) autospores released by mucilaginization or rupture of the mother cell wall. Sexual reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Hemichloris, cryptoendolithic in rocks of quartzitic sandstone, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Cells solitary, spherical, up to 11-(13) µm in diameter, with or without a mucilage envelope. Chloroplast single, parietal, saucer-shaped, without a pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by 2-(4) autospores released by mucilaginization or rupture of the mother cell wall. Sexual reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Hemichloris, cryptoendolithic in rocks of quartzitic sandstone, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Information contributed by: G. Dillard. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2012-10-28 by M.D. Guiry.

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

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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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 October 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 April 2024