Trichosarcina is a genus of green algae in the order Ulotrichales.[1] Filoprotococcus was once regarded as a synonym.[2] However, Filoprotococcus is now considered valid in its own right.[3] Trichosarcina is considered to be of uncertain validity.[1]

Trichosarcina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: UTC clade
Order: Ulotrichales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Trichosarcina
H.W.Nichols & Bold, 1965, nom. inval.[1]
Species:
T. polymorpha
Binomial name
Trichosarcina polymorpha
H.W.Nichols & Bold

As of February 2022, AlgaeBase accepted only one species, Trichosarcina polymorpha.[1] Its life cycle includes a uniseriate, Hormidium-like phase; a pluriseriate stage, and, finally, a chain of sarcinoid packets which may dissociate. The cells are uninucleate, with a parietal chloroplast and single pyrenoid. Quadriflagellate zoospores are produced by cells of the pluriseriate and sarcinoid stages.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. "Genus: Trichosarcina taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. ^ Cole, Kathleen M.; Sheath, Robert G., eds. (1990). Biology of the Red Algae. Cambridge University Press. pp. 396–399. ISBN 978-0-521-34301-5.
  3. ^ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Genus: Filoprotococcus taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  4. ^ Nichols, H. Wayne; Bold, Harold C. (1965). "Trichosarcina polymorpha Gen. et Sp. Nov". Journal of Phycology. 1 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1965.tb04552.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 84762077.

Further reading

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  • Mattox, Karl R.; Stewart, Kenneth D. (1973). "Observations on the zoospores of Pseudendoclonium basiliense and Trichosarcina polymorpha(Chlorophyceae)". Canadian Journal of Botany. 51 (7): 1425–1430. doi:10.1139/b73-178. ISSN 0008-4026.
  • Mattox, Karl R.; Stewart, Kenneth D. (1974). "A Comparative Study of Cell Division in Trichosarcina polymorpha and Pseudendoclonium basiliense (Chlorophyceae)". Journal of Phycology. 10 (4): 447–456. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1974.tb02738.x. ISSN 0022-3646. S2CID 84231199.
  • Thompson, Rufus H., and Daniel E. Wujek. "The Identity of Filoprotococcus and Trichosarcina (Chlorophyta) in Kansas." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903) (1996): 152–156.