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Actidesmium
Sign in to saveActidesmium is a small genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae. It was described by the German phycologist Paul Friedrich Reinsch in 1875.
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It sits within the topics Freshwater algae, Sphaeropleales and Sphaeropleales genera.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassChlorophyceae
- OrderSphaeropleales
- FamilyCharaciaceae
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- Characiaceae
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Actidesmium is a small genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae. It was described by the German phycologist Paul Friedrich Reinsch in 1875.
Actidesmium consists of microscopic colonies of numerous cells. Cells are in clusters of four, eight, or 16 at the end of long gelatinous strands, which are the remains of the old cell wall. One chloroplast is present, lacking a pyrenoid. Actidesmium reproduces by zoospores formed by successive division. Zoospores each have two flagella, and are released at the apex of the cell. After release, the mother cell gelatinizes and the zoospores mature into new vegetative cells.
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