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Home / Chrysophyceae / Colonial / Flagellated / Uroglenopsis |
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Morphology: |
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Spherical colonies with small flagellated cells( ~ 5 m diameter) located at the periphery.
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Similar genera: |
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Uroglena forms smaller colonies with < 100 cells connected to stalks radiating from the center of the colony. Sometimes Uroglenopsis is considered synonymous with Uroglena.
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater lakes. Tend to proliferate under ice in late winter/early spring. |
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