Trichophilus

Trichophilus
Trichophilus welckeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Trichophilus
Weber-van Bosse, 1887
Type species
Trichophilus welckeri
Species

Trichophilus is a genus of green algae. Trichophilus welckeri is found growing in the fur of certain sloth species and is believed to provide them with camouflage.

Trichophilus consists of prostrate filaments of cells. Filaments are one or multiple cells wide, dividing irregularly to form short branches, and are crowded and parenchyma-like (pseudoparenchymatous). Cells have thick walls and each contains a parietal chloroplast with an obscured pyrenoid. Trichophilus reproduces via zoospores of two sizes, each with four flagella.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Trichophilus". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. ↑ Suutari, Milla; Majaneva, Markus; Fewer, David P.; Voirin, Bryson; Aiello, Annette; Friedl, Thomas; Chiarello, Adriano G.; Blomster, Jaanika (30 March 2010). "Molecular evidence for a diverse green algal community growing in the hair of sloths and a specific association with Trichophilus welckeri (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10 (1): 86. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-86. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 2858742. PMID 20353556.
  3. ↑ John, David M.; Rindi, Fabio (2014). "Chapter 8. Filamentous (Nonconjugating) and Plantlike 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. p. 375–427. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.