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Trichosarcina

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

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

References

Further reading

  • 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.