Chlorogonium
Appearance
Chlorogonium | |
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Chlorogonium euchlorum | |
Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Chlorophyceae |
Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
Family: | Haematococcaceae |
Genus: | Chlorogonium Ehrenberg, 1836 |
Species | |
Chlorogonium is a genus of green algae in the family Haematococcaceae.[1] This alga has a notable mutualistic relationship with the American toad, allowing the tadpoles to develop faster when covered with Chlorogonium.[2]
See also
[edit]- Oophila amblystomatis, a similar amphibian mutualistic alga
References
[edit]- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Chlorogonium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Tumlison, Renn; Trauth, Stanley E. (July 2006). "A novel facultative mutualistic relationship between bufonid tadpoles and flagellated green algae" (PDF). Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 1: 51–55.