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]

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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