Biology:Trichocyte (algae)

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Short description: Algal cell type

Trichocyte in algae are cells which grow on the outside of the thallus, from which hairs grow.[1] In algae, trichocytes grow principally over the summer; their growth is mediated by water temperature and day length.[2][3][4]

References

  1. H.W. Johansen. Coralline Algae: A First Synthesis. Google books [1]
  2. Judson, B.L.; Pueschel, C.M. (2002), "Ultrastructure of trichocyte(hair cell) complexes in Jania adhaerens(Corallinales, Rhodophyta)", Phycologia 41 (1): 68–78, doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-41-1-68.1 
  3. Basso !first2=Annalisa, Daniela; Caragnano; Rodondi, Graziella (2014), "Trichocytes in Lithophyllum kotschyanum and Lithophyllum spp. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the NW Indian Ocean", J Phycol 50 (4): 711–717, doi:10.1111/jpy.12197, PMID 26988454 
  4. R. Walker (1984), "Trichocytes and Megacells in Cultured Crusts of Three British Species of Lithothamnium and Phymatolithon (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta)", Botanica Marina 27 (4): 161–168, doi:10.1515/botm.1984.27.4.161