Chlorodendraceae

Chlorodendraceae
	Tetraselmis suecica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorodendrophyceae
Order:	Chlorodendrales
Family:	Chlorodendraceae; Oltmanns
Genera
	Prasinocladus; Scherffelia; Tetraselmis;

Chlorodendraceae is a family of green algae in the order Chlorodendrales.^[1]

Members of the family Chlorodendraceae are unicellular, free-living or endosymbiotic (Scherffelia and Tetraselmis), or colonial organisms attached to a substrate (Prasinocladus). Cells are usually flattened, bilaterally asymmetrical or symmetrical, and often twisted. The anterior apex has a small pit from which four equal flagella emerge. Cells contain one or two^[2] lobed chloroplasts, with or without pyrenoids. The nucleus is located in the center of the cell between the chloroplast lobes. An eyespot (stigma) is usually present. The cell wall (theca) is formed by fused scales; colonial forms have stalks formed from empty thecae.^[3]

Reproduction occurs asexually; sexual reproduction has not been observed. During asexual reproduction, the protoplast divides into two, four or eight daughter cells. Thick-walled cysts have also been observed in some species; these germinate into two or four zoospores.^[3]

References

^ See the NCBI webpage on Chlorodendraceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^ Nakada, Takashi; Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014). "Chapter 6. Flagellate Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. pp. 265–313. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.
^ ^a ^b Masjuk, N.P. (2006). "Chlorodendrophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae) у флорі України. І. Обсяг, філогенетичні звʼязки, систематичне положення" [Chlorodendrophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae) in the Ukrainian flora: I. The volume, phylogenetic relations and taxonomical status]. Ukrainian Botanical Journal (in Ukrainian). 63 (5): 601–614.

[1] See the NCBI webpage on Chlorodendraceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.

[Nakada2014-2] Nakada, Takashi; Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014). "Chapter 6. Flagellate Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. pp. 265–313. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.

[Masjuk-3] Masjuk, N.P. (2006). "Chlorodendrophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae) у флорі України. І. Обсяг, філогенетичні звʼязки, систематичне положення" [Chlorodendrophyceae class. nov. (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae) in the Ukrainian flora: I. The volume, phylogenetic relations and taxonomical status]. Ukrainian Botanical Journal (in Ukrainian). 63 (5): 601–614.

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