Poloidion is a genus of green algae in the family Neochloridaceae, containing the single species Poloidion didymos.[1] It is an extremely rare genus,[2] which has only been recorded once on moist soil and rocks in Austria.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Sphaeropleales |
| Family: | Neochloridaceae |
| Genus: | Poloidion Pascher, 1944 |
| Species: | P. didymos
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| Binomial name | |
| Poloidion didymos Pascher, 1944[1]
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Poloidion consists of cells in groups of two, sometimes four or solitary. The cell wall is noticeably thickened on one side. Cells are ovoid, ellipsoidal or irregularly spherical. The chloroplast is cup-shaped, lacking a pyrenoid. Poloidion reproduces mainly by producing two autospores; it may also produce zoospores with two flagella.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Poloidion taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
- ^ Bourrelly, Pierre (1966). Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome I : Les Algues Vertes (in French). Éditions N. Boubée et Cie. ISBN 9782850040641.
- ^ Komárek, J.; Fott, B. (1983). Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen), Ordnung Chlorococcales. Das Phytoplankton des Süßwassers (in German). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 1044.
- ^ Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.
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