Pseudoschroederia

Pseudoschroederia
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Sphaeropleales
Family:	Characiaceae
Genus:	Pseudoschroederia E. Hegewald & E. Schnepf, 1986
Type species
Pseudoschroederia robusta (Korshikov) E.Hegewald & E.Schnepf[1]
Species[1]
Pseudoschroederia antillarum Pseudoschroederia punctata Pseudoschroederia robusta

Pseudoschroederia is a genus of green algae in the family Characiaceae. It is planktonic in freshwater habitats, and probably has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1] The genus Pseudoschroederia was circumscribed by Eberhard Hegewald and Eberhard Schnepf in 1986. The genus was distinguished from the similar Schroederia by being heteropolar and differing cell structure.[1] However, some authors do not consider the genera to be separate.[2]

Pseudoschroederia consists of solitary cells. Cells are spindle-shaped, straight or curved, 22–84 μm long. One end tapers into a spine-like point, while the other end is bluntly tipped. Cells contain one nucleus, a single parietal chloroplast and one or several pyrenoids with a starch sheath. Cells reproduce asexually by zoospores. Zoospores have two flagella and contractile vacuoles.[1] Species are distinguished from one another by their overall shape and size.[1]

References

1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Pseudoschroederia". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
2. D. M. John; Brian A. Whitton; Alan J. Brook, eds. (2002). The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77051-4.