Deasonia

Deasonia
Deasonia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Actinochloridaceae
Genus: Deasonia
H. Ettl & J. Komárek, 1982
Type species
Deasonia prolifera
(T.R.Deason) H.Ettl & J.Komárek
Species

Deasonia is a genus of green algae, in the family Actinochloridaceae. It is found in soils.

Deasonia is a single-celled organism. Young cells are ellipsoidal or ovoid, while mature cells are consistently spherical with a smooth, thickened cell wall. In young cells, the chloroplast is cup-shaped and parietal, with an off-center pyrenoid; in mature cells, the chloroplast may have bifurcations and indentations and eventually forms an irregular network, with the pyrenoid in the center. Mature cells are multinucleate.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Deasonia". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  2. 1 2 Shubert, Elliot; Gärtner, Georg (2014). "Chapter 7. Nonmotile Coccoid and Colonial Green Algae". In Wehr, John D.; Sheath, Robert G.; Kociolek, J. Patrick (eds.). Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.