| Polyedriopsis | |
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| Polyedriopsis spinulosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Polyedriopsis Schmidle |
| Species: | P. spinulosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyedriopsis spinulosa (Schmidle) Schmidle
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Polyedriopsis is a genus of green algae in the order Sphaeropleales. As of February 2022, it contained a single species, Polyedriopsis spinulosa.1 It is found worldwide in freshwater habitats as phytoplankton, but is rare.1
Polyedriopsis spinulosa consists of solitary or sometimes clustered cells, 12–25 μm in diameter. They are four- or five-sided with concave sides; the corners are rounded off and bear a tuft of 3-10 thin tapering spines, 25–50 μm long. Cells are uninuclate (with one nucleus and contain a single parietal chloroplast with one pyrenoid.12
Polyedriopsis spinulosa reproduces asexually via the formation of zoospores, of which 4 to 8 are produced per cell. Zoospores are ovate, with two flagella and a stigma.1
References
References
- Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Polyedriopsis". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial 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. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.