Coelastropsis | |
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Scientific classification
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(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Sphaeropleales |
Family: | Scenedesmaceae |
Genus: |
Coelastropsis B.Fott & T.Kalina |
Species: | C. costata
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Binomial name | |
Coelastropsis costata B.Fott & T.Kalina 1979
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Coelastropsis is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae, containing the single species Coelastropsis costata. [2] It is found in freshwater lakes and bogs, usually associated with mosses and filamentous algae. [3] It has been recorded in Europe, Cuba and possibly New Zealand. [1]
Coelastropsis consists of coenobia of cells. Cells are borne in irregular spheroidal clusters of 2, 4, 8, or 16, not surrounded by a layer of mucilage. Cells are surrounded by a thick cell wall which are covered in longitudinal ribs. The cell contains a single parietal chloroplast, with one pyrenoids. [1]
Coelastropsis reproduces asexually by producing autospores, where each spore develops into a cell of the new coenobium. Flagellated stages and sexual reproduction have not been observed. [1]