Pediastrum duplex

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Pediastrum duplex
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Pediastrum duplex
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Hydrodictyaceae
Genus: Pediastrum
Species:
P. duplex
Binomial name
Pediastrum duplex
Meyen 1829
Synonyms

Pediastrum napoleonis Ralfs
Pediastrum pertusum Kützing, 1845
Pediastrum selenaea Kützing, 1845

Pediastrum duplex is a species of fresh water green algae in the genus Pediastrum.[1]

They form nonmotile coenobia (colonies) with a fixed number of cells. These coenobia are flat and have a circular shape. The cell bodies are polygonal, are granulated and have horn-like projections. They reproduce these autocolonies asexually. The colonies usually contain 8 to 32 cells, with examples of 4, 64 or 128 occurring rarely.[2]

Infraspecies[]

Pediastrum duplex brachylobum
Pediastrum duplex clathratum
Pediastrum duplex cohaerens
Pediastrum duplex duplex
Pediastrum duplex f. denticulatum
Pediastrum duplex gracillimum
Pediastrum duplex regulosum
Pediastrum duplex reticulatum
Pediastrum duplex rotundatum
Pediastrum duplex var. asperum
Pediastrum duplex var. clathratum , 1882
Pediastrum duplex var. convexum
Pediastrum duplex var. cornutum
Pediastrum duplex var. gracillimum
Pediastrum duplex var. irregulare
Pediastrum duplex var. longicorne W. Krieger
Pediastrum duplex var. reticulatum , 1882
Pediastrum duplex var. rugulosum
Pediastrum duplex var. subgranulatum [3] [4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pediastrum duplex Meyen". Algaebase. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  2. ^ "Protist Images: Pediastrum duplex". Protist.i.hosei.ac.jp. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  3. ^ "2006 Annual Checklist : Pediastrum duplex Meyen". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
  4. ^ "Pediastrum duplex - Nomen.at - animals and plants". Nomen.at. Retrieved 2010-07-30.

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