Deasonia | |
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Deasonia sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: | Actinochloridaceae |
Genus: |
Deasonia H. Ettl & J. Komárek, 1982 [1] |
Type species | |
Deasonia prolifera | |
Species [1] | |
Deasonia is a genus of green algae, in the family Actinochloridaceae. [1] It is found in soils. [2]
Deasonia is a single-celled organism. Young cells are ellipsoidal or ovoid, while mature cells are consistently spherical with a smooth, thickened cell wall. In young cells, the chloroplast is cup-shaped and parietal, with an off-center pyrenoid; in mature cells, the chloroplast may have bifurcations and indentations and eventually forms an irregular network, with the pyrenoid in the center. Mature cells are multinucleate. [2]