Coccomyxa greatwallensis Shunan Cao & Qiming Zhou, 2018
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.110.26961 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/94DB9292-0213-20F4-EC8C-E629ACDDFDB2 |
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Coccomyxa greatwallensis Shunan Cao & Qiming Zhou |
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sp. nov. |
Coccomyxa greatwallensis Shunan Cao & Qiming Zhou sp. nov. Figures 1 View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2
Holotype.
Strain FACHB-2139, Freshwater Algae Culture Collection, the Institute of Hydrobiology (FACHB-Collection) (Fig. 1a View Figure 1 ).
Type locality.
Antarctic, Fildes Peninsula, on soil (62°12.69'S, 58°557.70'W), 40 m a.s.l.; isolated from the Antarctic lichen Psoroma hypnorum (collection No. 274, BIRDS ID: 2131C0001ASBM100076) on 14 February 2014.
Habitat.
Epiphytic green alga, living with lichen Psoroma hypnorum in Sub-Antarctic climate.
Description.
Single-celled green alga, ovoid to long ellipsoidal, asymmetrical, measured 3-5 µm × 6-12 µm, some cells nearly rounded in nutrient-rich PDA medium; cells without mucilaginous sheath (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ). Cell wall smooth, three layers in ultrastructures. Protoplast filled with lipid droplets. Chloroplast parietal, without pyrenoid and with starch granules in the inter thylacoidal spaces. One nucleus in the central part of the cell present. Reproductive process not observed (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ).
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