Pleodorina starrii H.Nozaki, F.D.Ott & A.W.Coleman 2006
Publication Details
Pleodorina starrii H.Nozaki, F.D.Ott & A.W.Coleman 2006: 1074, 1075, 1079, fig. 1 A-K
Published in: Nozaki, H., Ott, F.D. & Coleman, A.W. (2006). Morphology, molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of two new species of Pleodorina (Volvoceae, Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 42: 1072-1080.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleodorina is Pleodorina californica W.R.Shaw.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Lake Sagami, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; (Nozaki et al 2006: 1079) Holotype: Hisayoshi Nozaki; June 2000; Water sample; National Science Museum (Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; TNS-AL 161061 (Nozaki et al 2006: 1079) Notes: Holotype: Resin-embedded material of 2000-602-P15. The culture has been deposited as NIES- 1363 in the Microbial Culture Collection at the National Insitute for Environmental Studies.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Colony ovoid or spherical, composed of 32 or 64 biflagellate cells, measuring up to 175 microns long. Thirty-two- or 64-celled colony containing eight to 12 or 18-20 small somatic cells in the anterior portion of colony. Gradual increase in cell size fom anterior to posterior pole absent. Somatic cells nearly spherical, having a cup-shaped chloroplast with a single pyrenoid, measuring up to 13 microns in diameter. Reproductive cells nearly spherical, having a cup-shaped chloroplast with five to eight pyrenoids in the mature cell, measuring up to 21 microns in diameter. Individual cellular sheaths nearly spherical, loosely arranged in gelatinous matix of colony. Asexual reproducton by autocolony formation; each reroductive cell forming a daugher colony after inversion. Sexual reproduction anisogamous with bundles of male gametes. Mature zygotes spherical, measuring 19-28 micons in diameter. Zygote walls smooth.
Created: 29 November 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 July 2019
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 July 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
