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Maculosphaera
Taxonomy
Maculosphaera was named by Licari (1978). Its type is Maculosphaera kingstonensis.
It was assigned to Chlorosarcinaceae by Licari (1978).
It was assigned to Chlorosarcinaceae by Licari (1978).
Species
M. kingstonensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Maculosphaera Licari p. 783 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 8; Table 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. R. Licari 1978 | Cells commonly elliptical, occasionally spheroidal, seldom angular, rarely polyhedral, typically solitary or commonly in pairs loosely associated with numerous other cells. Occasionally colonial, associated in uniserial chains, or closely appressed, forming
mats of hundreds of cells within laminae. Cell surface coarsely to finely reticulate. Cell diameter ranging from 6 to 25 μ,m. Wall about 0.5 μ,m thick. Sheath not present around individual cells but questionably present around colonial aggregates. Most cells possess a single, dark, subcentrally or eccentrically located spot (rarely more than one) which ranges from 0.3 to 2.2 μ,m and averages about 1 μ,m in diameter. Reproduction is by binary fission in one or possibly two planes. Other reproduction unknown. |
Measurements
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| Source: p = phylum | |||||
| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||