Domain Eukaryota Division Charophyta Family Desmidiaceae Higher classification Desmidiaceae | Kingdom Plantae Order Desmidiales Scientific name Pleurotaenium Rank Genus | |
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Similar Euastrum, Xanthidium, Desmidiaceae, Desmidium, Hyalotheca | ||
Pleurotaenium desmid cytoplasmic streaming
In taxonomy, Pleurotaenium is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Placoderm desmids (Desmidiaceae).
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Morphology
Long, cylindrical, bilaterally symmetrical unicells with blunt ends. Ring-like thickening in the central area where the two semicells join. In a good specimen, very delightful to look at due to obvious intracellular activity, especially at the ends.
Reproduction
Asexual: cells arise from the partitioned parent cell
Sexual: Conjugation (transmission of DNA through nucleus fusion to form a hypnozygote or zygospore, which is a term for a zygote that lies dormant until optimal conditions arise)
References
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