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Spongomorpha aeruginosa (Linnaeus) Hoek, 1963 - Chlorochytrium inclusum phase
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Green alga
Spongomorpha aeruginosa
Chlorochytrium inclusum
sporophyte phase
- two 40um dia. specimens 1
Spongomorpha aeruginosa
Chlorochytrium inclusum
sporophyte phase
- two 40um dia. specimens 1
This microscopic phase of Spongomorpha aeruginosa was found on a damaged piece of Dilsea carnosa at Albert Pier reef, Penzance, Cornwall. 14.03.17.
The identification here isn't at all clear cut for the cells found only measured 40um in diameter and this would be very small for the Chlorochytrium inclusum phase of Spongomorpha aeruginosa which normally has cells between 80-100um in diameter (ref. Newton). There is another species this could represent, one called Chlorochytrium dermatocolax Reinke, 1889, but some think that this species is conspecific with Chlorochytrium inclusum.
Chlorochytrium inclusum syn.Spongomorpha aeruginosa.
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