Basichlamys
| Basichlamys | |
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| Basichlamys sacculifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Tetrabaenaceae |
| Genus: | Basichlamys Skuja, 1956 |
| Species: | B. sacculifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Basichlamys sacculifera (Scherffel) Skuja
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Basichlamys is a monotypic genus of colonial green algae in the family Tetrabaenaceae.[1] The sole species is Basichlamys sacculifera. It is rare, but cosmopolitan in freshwaters.[2]
Basichlamys sacculifera consists of four-celled colonies of cells in a square, which are attached by their bases to a parental cellular sheath or sac. The cells are ovoid and asymmetrical, and each have two flagella, two contractile vacuoles, and a cup-shaped chloroplast containing a pyrenoid and a stigma.[3] The ultrastructure of the cell wall is similar to those of Tetrabaena and Gonium.[4] Its overall morphology is most similar to Tetrabaena, but the cells are not connected to each other directly but are instead connected by a common cellular sheath.[3]
Asexual reproduction occurs by autocolony formation,[2] or occasionally akinetes or hypnospores (dormant cells).[3] Sexual reproduction is isogamous and results in walled aplanozygotes.[2] The zygote walls are reticulate, a feature that it shares with Tetrabaena.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Basichlamys. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ a b c Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Basichlamys Skuja, 1956". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ a b c Nakada, Takashi; Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014). "Chapter 6. Flagellate Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. pp. 265–313. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.
- ^ a b Nozaki, H.; Itoh, M.; Watanabe, M.M.; Kuroiwa, T. (1996). "Ultrastructure of the vegetative colonies and systematic position of Basichlamys (Volvocales, Chlorophyta)". European Journal of Phycology. 31 (1): 67–72. Bibcode:1996EJPhy..31...67N. doi:10.1080/09670269600651211a.
External links
[edit]- Basichlamys - Description with pictures
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