Apodochloris Komárek, 1959

Holotype species: Apodochloris simplicissima (Korshikov) Komárek

Original publication and holotype designation: Komárek, J. (1959). Apodochloris gen. nov. Preslia 31: 318-319.

Description: Solitary cells, often aggregated into clumps on substrata. Cells 7-50 x 3-15 &m, spherical, ovoid, pyriform and often slightly asymmetric. Cell walls smooth and initially thin, often becoming thicker with maturity. Cells uninucleate and often highly vacuolate; single chloroplast parietal and band shaped; pyrenoid single and lateral to basal. Asexual reproduction by zoospores, seldom by autospores; 4-32 per sporangium. Sporangia to 32 &m long with thick wall; spore release through apical, subapical or lateral tear. Zoospores ellipsoid, sometimes asymmetric, 6-13 x 2-3 &m with two equal, apical flagella 1.5 times cell length, two contractile vacuoles, and parietal, band-shaped chloroplast with pyrenoid and stigma; attachment by anterior end. Isogamous sexual reproduction reported for A. polymorpha. Gametes similar to zoospores, upon syngamy forming spherical, quadriflagellate planozygotes with two stigmata. Meiosis presumably on germination of zygote. Apodochloris mixed with various filamentous algae, endophytic in mucilage of Microcystis, inhabiting empty loricas of Dinobryon, or in soil; reported from Europe, Asia and North America. Genus recognized as synonym of Chlorococcum by some authors. Species variously assigned to Chlorococcum, Chlorochytrium and Tetracystis. Species distinguished based on features of cell size and habitat

Information contributed by: D. Garbary. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-11-08 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Chlorococcales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 232-264. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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