Biology:Trichophilus
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Trichophilus is a genus of green algae.[1] Trichophilus welckeri is found growing in the fur of certain sloth species and is believed to provide them with camouflage.[2]
Trichophilus consists of prostrate filaments of cells. Filaments are one or multiple cells wide, dividing irregularly to form short branches, and are crowded and parenchyma-like (pseudoparenchymatous). Cells have thick walls and each contains a parietal chloroplast with an obscured pyrenoid. Trichophilus reproduces via zoospores of two sizes, each with four flagella.[3]
References
- ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Trichophilus". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=7012.
- ↑ Suutari, Milla; Majaneva, Markus; Fewer, David P.; Voirin, Bryson; Aiello, Annette; Friedl, Thomas; Chiarello, Adriano G.; Blomster, Jaanika (30 March 2010). "Molecular evidence for a diverse green algal community growing in the hair of sloths and a specific association with Trichophilus welckeri (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10 (1): 86. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-86. ISSN 1471-2148. PMID 20353556.
- ↑ John, David M.; Rindi, Fabio (2014). "Chapter 8. Filamentous (Nonconjugating) and Plantlike Green Algae". Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc.. p. 375–427. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.
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