Taxonomy

Class

Family

Scenedesmaceae

Species Name

Pectinodesmus regularis (Svirenko) E.Hegewald

Species Citation

Pectinodesmus regularis (Svirenko) E.Hegewald, M.Wolf, Al.Keller, Friedl & Krienitz,Phycologia 49(4): 333, 2010 

Scenedesmus regularis Svirenko, Russkii Arkhiv Protistologii 3(1/2): 178, fig. II: 11, 1924 

Acutodesmus regularis (Svirenko) P.M.Tsarenko, Algologia Supplement (Unnumbered): 11, 2001

Plant Attributes

Description

Thallus green, single celled or colonial, forming 2- to 32-celled, usually 4- or 8-celled coenobia; cells fused with one third to one half the celllength; cells fusiform, slender. The outer surface of the marginal cells slightly convex, cells 22-24 µm long, 8-8.5µm in dia.

Cell Type

Eukaryote

Cell Wall

Present

Habit

Planktonic

Pigments

Chlorophyll a/Chlorophyll b

Reproduction

Asexual

Thallus

Unicellular

Thallus colour

Green

Plant Images

Other Data

Vernacular Names

Distribution (District-wise)

Lucknow

Habitat

Aquatic

Uses

Biofuel/Biomass