Palmellopsis

Palmellopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Palmellopsidaceae
Genus: Palmellopsis
Korshikov[1]
Species

Palmellopsis is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Palmellopsidaceae.[1][2] They are either planktonic or attached to substrates in fresh water, or in aeroterrestrial habitats.[3]

Palmellopsis consists of cells embedded in amorphous, gelatinous mucilage. The cells contain a cup-shaped chloroplast with a pyrenoid, as well as a single nucleus and two contractile vacuoles.[4][3]

Asexual reproduction in this genus occurs by autospores or zoospores or by the fragmentation of the colonies. Zoospores have two equal flagella with a small stigma.[4]

Palmellopsis is distinguished from the similar genera Palmella[4] and Chlamydocapsa in that its mucilage layer is not lamellated. The differentiation between these genera is taxonomically problematic.[5]

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Palmellopsis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  2. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Palmellopsis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. ^ a b Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial 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. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.
  4. ^ a b c Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Palmellopsis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  5. ^ Flechtner, Valerie R.; Johansen, Jeffrey R.; Belnap, Jayne (2008). "The Biological Soil Crusts of the San Nicolas Island: Enigmatic Algae from a Geographically Isolated Ecosystem". Western North American Naturalist. 68 (4): 405–436. doi:10.3398/1527-0904-68.4.405. S2CID 85893165.