Nephroselmis
Sign in to saveNephroselmis is a genus of green algae. It has been placed in the family Nephroselmidaceae, although a 2009 study suggests that it should be separated into its own class, Nephroselmidophyceae. One species can be an endosymbiont of Hatena arenicola.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassNephroselmidophyceae
- OrderNephroselmidales
- FamilyNephroselmidaceae
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- Morphology
- Symbiosis with ''[[Hatena arenicola]]''
- Ecology
- Life cycle
- Cell division
- Sexual reproduction
- Phylogeny and taxonomy
- References
Nephroselmis is a genus of green algae. It has been placed in the family Nephroselmidaceae, although a 2009 study suggests that it should be separated into its own class, Nephroselmidophyceae. One species can be an endosymbiont of Hatena arenicola.
== Morphology == The cell body is right-left flattened. On the ventral side are two heterodynamic unequal flagella, the shorter beats towards the anterior direction while the long trails behind. Nephroselmis have a single cup-shaped chloroplast that contains an eyespot in its anterior-ventral edge below the short flagellum and a pyrenoid with starch plates. Vacuole is located in the left-anterior side, nucleus is located in the right-posterior side. The flagellar root system consists of a rhizoplast and three microtubular roots, one of which is multilayered.