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Interfilum paradoxum

Algal factsheet: Interfilum paradoxum (Klebsormidiaceae)

Interfilum, X1000

Diagnostic features

Small spherical to ovoid unicells, surrounded by a thin sheath of remnant wall material. Single parietal chloroplast containing a large pyrenoid with visible starch grains surrounding it (identical to the pyrenoid of Klebsormidium, to which it is closely related). Division without sporangia (simple division into two daughter cells).

Typical habitats

Known from clean water and soil sites

Notes

Closely related to Klebsormidium

Classification

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
Class	Klebsormidiophyceae
Order	Klebsormidiales
Family	Klebsormidiaceae
Common name	Green algae