| Trichosarcina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | UTC clade |
| Order: | Ulotrichales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Trichosarcina H.W.Nichols & Bold, 1965, nom. inval.[1] |
| Species: | T. polymorpha
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichosarcina polymorpha H.W.Nichols & Bold
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Trichosarcina is a genus of green algae in the order Ulotrichales.[1] Filoprotococcus was once regarded as a synonym.[2] However, Filoprotococcus is now considered valid in its own right.[3] Trichosarcina is considered to be of uncertain validity.[1]
As of February 2022[update], AlgaeBase accepted only one species, Trichosarcina polymorpha.[1] Its life cycle includes a uniseriate, Hormidium-like phase; a pluriseriate stage, and, finally, a chain of sarcinoid packets which may dissociate. The cells are uninucleate, with a parietal chloroplast and single pyrenoid. Quadriflagellate zoospores are produced by cells of the pluriseriate and sarcinoid stages.[4]
- ^ a b c d Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. "Genus: Trichosarcina taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ Cole, Kathleen M.; Sheath, Robert G., eds. (1990). Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press. pp. 396–399. ISBN 978-0-521-34301-5.
- ^ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Filoprotococcus taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- ^ Nichols, H. Wayne; Bold, Harold C. (1965). "Trichosarcina polymorpha Gen. et Sp. Nov". Journal of Phycology. 1 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1965.tb04552.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 84762077.