Cecidochloris Skuja, 1948

Holotype species: Cecidochloris stichogloeae Skuja

Currently accepted name for the type species: Cecidochloris adnata (Korshikov) H.Ettl

Original publication and holotype designation: Skuja, H. (1948). Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 9(3): 1-399, 39 pls.

Description: Thalli unicellular or colonial to 20-30 &m diameter, with 2, 4, 8 or 16 cells per colony; when colonial, cells with conspicuous mucilaginous envelope. Cells ovate, 6-12 x 4-9 &m, with smooth cell walls and single stigma in midportion of cell, and two contractile vacuoles at apical end. Cells uninucleate; single chloroplast parietal and cup-shaped with single axial pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by internal division of cell into 2, 4, 8, or 16 cells or forming 2-4 biflagellate zoospores. After swimming period zoospores attach to new substrata by apical end, loose flagella and initiate new colony. Sexual reproduction unknown. Cecidochloris in freshwater, mostly endophytic in the mucilage envelopes of various planktonic algae including species of green, blue-green and golden algae. Reported only from Europe. Another species of Cecidochloris, C. tetrasporidiae Iyengar from India, considered poorly described and of unknown affinity.

Information contributed by: D. Garbary. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2016-11-04 by M.D. Guiry.

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

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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