Cosmarium

Cosmarium is a genus of fresh water organisms belonging to the Charophyta, a division of green algae from which the land plants (Embryophyta) emerged.[1][2]

Cosmarium
Cosmarium botrytis
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Cosmarium
Species
  • C. angulosum
  • C. auriculatum
  • C. bioculatum
  • C. bisphaericum
  • C. blyttii
  • C. borgesenii
  • C. botrytis
  • C. contractum
  • C. costatum
  • C. cucumis
  • C. debaryi
  • C. dentatum
  • C. depressum
  • C. dilatatum
  • C. elegantissimum
  • C. exiguum
  • C. fontarabiense
  • C. fontrabiense
  • C. formosulum
  • C. furcatospermum
  • C. granatum
  • C. hammeri
  • C. humile
  • C. impressulum
  • C. isthmium
  • C. laeve
  • C. levinotabile
  • C. lundellii
  • C. norimbergense
  • C. obsoletum
  • C. obtusatum
  • C. ovale
  • C. pachydermum
  • C. pseudoconnatum
  • C. quadrum
  • C. rectangulare
  • C. reniforme
  • C. sexangulare
  • C. sp. ACKU 1232
  • C. subcostatum
  • C. subcucumis
  • C. subprotumidum
  • C. subtumidum
  • C. succisum
  • C. tenue
  • C. tetragonum
  • C. trilobulatum
  • C. tumidum
  • C. undulatum

Description

In this complex genus the cells are very variable. All are constricted in the middle leading to its bi-lobed appearance.[3]

gollark: Second rule: if it's rare and you didn't get it, fish did.
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gollark: Preferably magis and reds, though.
gollark: <@!383017585584766977>: BSA hatchlings; don't care. Other stuff: preferably.
gollark: It would be nice to have BSA hatchlings, specifically.

References

  1. Gontcharov AA, Marin BA, Melkonian MA (January 2003). "Molecular phylogeny of conjugating green algae (Zygnemophyceae, Streptophyta) inferred from SSU rDNA sequence comparisons". J. Mol. Evol. 56 (1): 89–104. doi:10.1007/s00239-002-2383-4. PMID 12569426.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Cosmarium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, Y.K.2007. New Survey of Clare Island Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 978-1-904890-31-7

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