Netrium (Nägeli) Itzigsohn & Rothe, 1856

Holotype species: Netrium digitus (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Itzigsohn & Rothe

Original publication and holotype designation: Rabenhorst, L. (1856). Die Algen Sachsens. Exsiccata. Decades 1-100. . Dresden.

Description: Cell solitary, median sized to large (35-430 um long), elongate-cylindric, elliptic or fusiform (length 2-9 times width), straight, with broadly rounded or truncate ends. Chloroplasts elongate, 2 or 4 per cell, axial, stellate in end view, with 6-12 lateral, longitudinal ridges with smooth, notched or serrate margins. Pyrenoids several, rounded or elongate, in axial row or scattered. Nucleus between chloroplasts. Ultrastructurally, cell wall two-layered, without pores. Asexual reproduction by transverse cell division. Mature daughter cell morphology retained by elongation of severed end. Sexual reproduction by homothallic or heterothallic conjugation known for 5 species. In homothallic strains gametangia often sister cells from recent cell division. Zygote forms in broad conjugation tube; mature zygospore spherical with smooth or wrinkled mesospore wall. Karyogamy at germination, followed by meiosis, producing two gones. Mating type and zygospore morphology show Mendelian inheritance ratios. Netrium cosmopolitan; abundant in acidic, oligotrophic, aquatic habitats or in Sphagnum bogs, with occasional records from more basic habitats (e.g. N. minus in alpine pool, pH 8.0). Emended by Gontcharov & Melkonian (2010: 349).

Information contributed by: J.F. Gerrath. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2013-05-07 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Guiry, M.D. (2013). Taxonomy and nomenclature of the Conjugatophyceae (=Zygnematophyceae). Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 28: 1-29.

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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. 07 May 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024