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Tetraselmis cordiformis
Super Group:
Plantae
Phylum:
Chlorophyta
Class:
Chlorodendrophyceae
Order:
Chlorodendrales
Family:
Chlorodendraceae
Genus:
Tetraselmis
Species:
cordiformis
Synonym(s):
Carteria cordiformis (H.J.Carter) Diesing, 1866
Cryptoglena cordiformis H.J.Carter, 1858
Diagnosis
Cell body ellipsoidal-ovoidal with cell wall; Four euqal-length flagella arising from an anterior depression of the cell body; chloroplast cup-shaped with a pyrenoid at the bottom; a single stigma large; two contractile vacuoles at the base of flagella
a single circular stigma located at the equatorial line
Body_length : 17 μm long
Body_wide : 15 μm wide
L/W=1.1
elongated elliptical stigma located above equator of the cell body, four flagella present,
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Tetraselmis.
Reference(s)
Observation site(s)
HOSTS
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| Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spongodrymus sp. | Bermuda |
(2000) srDna-based taxonomic affinities of algal symbionts from a planktonic foraminifer and a solitary radiolarian. Journal of Phycology 36:172 - 177. doi: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99133.x |
