Sarcinochlamys stigmatica Shin Watanabe 2006
Publication Details
Sarcinochlamys stigmatica Shin Watanabe 2006: 691, figs 2, 3
Published in: Watanabe, S., Mitsui, K., Nakayama, T. & Inouye, I. (2006). Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomy of sarcinoid green algae: Chlorosarcinopsis, Desmotetra, Sarcinochlamys gen. nov., Neochlorosarcina, and Chlorosphaeropsis (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 42: 679-695.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Sarcinochlamys.
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This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Holotype: Herbarium of University of Connecticut; Block of Epon-Araldite number 131114 (Watanabe et al 2006: 691)
Description
Solitary cells 5-11 microns in diameter, and cells forming cubic packet aggregations 5-8 by 6-12 microns in size, uninucleate, with smooth cell wall. Chloroplast cup shaped, parietal without pyrenoid, and often two contractile vacuoles present in vegetative cells. Asexual reproduction by dissociation of cell packets and formation of walled, biflagellate zoospores, 4-6 by 6-12 microns in size, with median nucleus.
Created: 21 September 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 May 2024
