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Zoochlorella

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Family
  
Oocystaceae

Higher classification
  
Oocystaceae

Order
  
Chlamydomonadales

Division
  
Scientific name
  
Zoochlorella

Rank
  
Genus

Kingdom
  
Archaeplastida

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Similar
  
Paramecium bursaria, Hydra viridissima, Eukaryote, Green algae, Aggregating anemone

Arcella with zoochlorellae probably arcella artocrea


Zoochlorella is a genus of green algae comprising one species, Z. parasitica. The term Zoochlorella (plural zoochlorellae) is sometimes used to refer to any green algae that lives symbiotically within the body of a freshwater or marine invertebrate or protozoan. Zoochlorellae and zooxanthellae may both be found in the Pacific coast sea anemones Anthopleura elegantissima and Anthopleura xanthogrammica.

The analogy between Zoochlorella and chromatophores has been used by the botanist Konstantin Mereschkowski in 1905 to argue about the symbiotic origin of the chromatophores.

Zoochlorellae are responsible for the greenish colour of sea anemone tentacles.

References

Zoochlorella Wikipedia


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