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Lanceola

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Lanceola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Characiaceae
Genus: Lanceola
Hindák, 1988
Species:
L. spatulifera
Binomial name
Lanceola spatulifera
(Korshikov) Hindák

Lanceola is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae, containing a single species, Lanceola spatulifera.[1] It is found in freshwater habitats.[2]

Lanceola consists of free-floating, single cells. The cell is narrowly spindle-shaped (fusiform), tapered into a narrow spine at one end, and at the other end a lanceolate appendage. The cell wall is smooth. Cells contain a single parietal chloroplast with a pyrenoid, and a central nucleus. It reproduces by forming zoospores with two flagella.[2]

The genus was created by František Hindák for the leaf-like appendage on one end of the cell. However, it has been rejected by other taxonomists, because the structure appears typical of the appendages found in the genus Ankyra.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Lanceola". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  2. ^ a b Hindák, F. (1988). "Studies on the chlorococcal algae. IV". Biologické Práce. 34 (1/2): 1–264.