Zygnema

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Zygnema
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Zygnema, showing characteristic dual star-shaped chloroplasts.
Numbered ticks are 20 µm apart.
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Numbered ticks are 122 µm apart.
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Zygnema

C. Agardh, 1817
Synonyms
  • Globulina Link in Nees 1820[1]
  • Lucernaria Roussel, 1806[2][1]
  • Pleurodiscus Lagerheim, 1895[3][1]
  • Rhynchonema Kützing, 1849[1]
  • Stellulina Link, 1833[1]
  • Thwaitesia Montagne, 1845[1]
  • Tyndaridea Bory de Saint-Vincent 1822[1]
  • ‘Tendaridea’ Bory de Saint-Vincent 1822[1]
  • Tendaridella Gaillon, 1833[1]

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Zygnema is a genus of freshwater filamentous thalloid alga comprising about 100 species.[4] A terrestrial species, Z. terrestre, is known from India. Zygnema grows as a free-floating mass of filaments, although young plants may be found anchored to streambeds with a holdfast. The filaments form a yellow-green to bright green colored tangled mat, and are composed of elongate barrel-shaped cells, each with two star-shaped (stellate) chloroplasts arrayed along the axis of the cell.

Species

Some species include:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Guiry, M.D. (2013). Taxonomy and nomenclature of the Conjugatophyceae (=Zygnematophyceae). Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 28: 1-29.
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