Biology:Mallomonas lacuna

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Short description: Species of alga

Mallomonas lacuna
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Chrysophyceae
Order: Synurales
Family: Mallomonadaceae
Genus: Mallomonas
Species:
M. lacuna
Binomial name
Mallomonas lacuna
Jo et al., 2013

Mallomonas lacuna is a species of heterokont algae. It is a tiny free-living cell, about the width of a human hair. It has ornate scales and bristles, as well as long spines. It is a relatively common part of lake or pond plankton. It differs from its cogenerates by the number, distribution, and size of its base plate pores, the secondary structures on the scale surfaces, together with characteristics of its bristles.[1][2]

References

  1. Peter Siver (6 December 2012). The Biology of Mallomonas: Morphology, Taxonomy and Ecology. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-94-011-3376-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=GnvvCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17. 
  2. Jo, Bok Yeon; Shin, Woongghi; Kim, Han Soon; Siver, Peter A.; Andersen, Robert A. (2013). "Phylogeny of the genusMallomonas(Synurophyceae) and descriptions of five new species on the basis of morphological evidence". Phycologia 52 (3): 266–278. doi:10.2216/12-107.1. ISSN 0031-8884. 

Further reading

  • Kim, Han Soon, et al. "Mallomonas elevata sp. nov.(Synurophyceae), a new scaled Chrysophyte from Jeju Island, South Korea." Nova Hedwigia 98.1-2 (2014): 89-102.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q24889866 entry