Chlamydomonadales

Characters 1 through 26 (incomplete for many taxa)

Last Update: 01/23/06

                     

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Form

Non-motile Stage

Cell Wall (for motile stage)

Contractile Vacuoles

N Nuclei

Sporangial Flagella

Periplasmic Space

Cytoplasmic strand

Stigma

Pyrenoid Number

Pyrenoid Inclusions

Papillum

Nucleus

Flagella

Cell Shape

Sporangial Lysis

Pyrenoid Position

Prominent Akinete

Persistent Palmella

Mucilage

Chloroplast

Habitat

Sexuality

Gamete

n18S rDNA

n26S rDNA

rbcL

cp23S rDNA

atpB
Ascochloris multinucleata UTEX 2013          >1                                      

published

published

?

?

 ?
Asterococcus superbus UTEX 88

unicellular

present

chlamys

absent

1

absent

absent

absent

absent

1

?

absent

anterior

none

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

stellate

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?  ?
Botryococcus braunii UTEX 162 unicellular

present

   

1

                                freshwater

?

?

?

?

?

?

 ?
Brachiomonas submarina v. pulsifera UTEX 403

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

1

present

present

absent

absent

1

?

absent

posterior

2

lobed

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

?

brackish or saltwater

?

?

published

published

?

 ?  ?
Carteria olivieri UTEX LB 1032

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

multiple thylakoids

cruciate

anterior

4

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

unpublished

published  
Carteria eugametos UTEX 233

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

multiple thylakoids

cruciate

anterior

4

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

published

?

 
Carteria crucifera TURMEL

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

cruciate

posterior

4

ovoid

equatorial

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

?

?

?

?

 
Carteria crucifera UTEX 432

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

multiple thylakoids

cruciate

posterior

4

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

published

published

published

 
Carteria sp. UTEX 2

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

4

globose

aperture

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Carteria radiosa UTEX LB 835

?

absent

chlamys

?

1

?

?

absent

?

?

multiple thylakoids

?

?

4

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

published

 
Carteria obtusa SAG 39.84

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

?

posterior

4

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

isogamous

published

published

?

?

 
Carteria lunzensis SAG 8-3

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

4

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Carteria disclusa SAG 23.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

4

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Characiochloris acuminata UTEX 2095 unicellular

present

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

?

?

?

?

?

2

?

?

?

absent

absent

absent

?

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Characiosiphon rivularis UTEX LB 1763 unicellular

present

chlamys

multiple, scattered

>1

?

absent

absent

?

?

?

?

?

2

?

?

?

absent

absent

absent

?

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas acidophila LSU unicellular

absent

chlamys

?

1

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

acidic freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas actinochloris SAG 1.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas agloeformis UTEX 231

unicellular

absent

chlamys

?

1

?

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

present

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

published  
Chlamydomonas applanata UTEX 225

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas applanata UTEX 2399

unicellular

absent

chlamys

?

1

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

freshwater

homothallic

isogamous

published

?

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas asymmetrica SAG 70.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

?

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas baca SAG 24.87

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

1

absent

present

absent

absent

1

?

absent

anterior

?

ovoid

?

polar

absent

present

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas bilatus SAG 7.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

?

1

?

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas bipapillata SAG 11-47

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

?

?

bi-lobed

?

2

ovoid

?

?

absent

absent

present

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

unpublished

published

?

 
Chlamydomonas carolii SAG 10.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

bi-lobed

anterior

2

egg

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas chlamydogama UTEX 102

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

posterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas cribrum UTEX 1341

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas culleus UTEX 1059

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

   
Chlamydomonas culleus SAG 18.72        

1

                                     

published

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas euryale CCMP 219

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas fimbriata SAG 17.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

2

globose&ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas gerloffii SAG 20.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

?

1

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas globosa SAG 81.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas gloeophila v. irregularis UTEX 608

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

posterior

2

elongate

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas hedleyi John Lee

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

globose

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas hydra UTEX 4

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

egg

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas moewusii SAG 11-11

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

egg

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas macrostellata SAG 72.81

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

posterior

?

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

?

published

?

 
Chlamydomonas melanospora UTEX 2021

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

posterior

2

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas moewusii v. monoica UTEX 2020

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

posterior

2

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

homothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas mutabilis UTEX 578

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

unpublished

published

published  
Chlamydomonas augustae UTEX LB 1969

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

unpublished

published

?

 
Chlamydomonas noctigama SAG 19.73

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

egg

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

homothallic

isogamous

published

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas noctigama SAG 6.73

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

egg

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

homothallic

isogamous

published

?

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas noctigama SAG 33.72        

1

                                     

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas noctigama UTEX 406        

1

                                     

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas oblonga SAG 11-60a

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

posterior

2

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

published

 
Chlamydomonas philotes UTEX 2413

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

posterior

2

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

homothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas pitschmannii SAG 14.73

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior&posterior

2

elongate

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

published

 
Chlamydomonas pygmaea UTEX 2539

?

absent

chlamys

?

1

?

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas radiata UTEX 966

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

absent

1

?

absent

posterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

published

published  
Chlamydomonas rapa UTEX 48.72

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

posterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CC-1952

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

 1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

isogamous

unpublished

published

?

 ?

 
Chlamydomonas segnis UTEX 1638

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

 1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

present

cup

freshwater

homothallic

isogamous

?

?

?

 ?

 
Chlamydomonas segnis SAG 9.83        

 1

                                     

published

?

?

?

 
Dunaliella sp. CCMP 220

unicellular

absent

absent

absent

 1

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

2

egg

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

  ?

 
Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 222

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

 

?

absent

absent

present

1&>1

?

single

anterior

2

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

  ?

 
Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 227

unicellular

absent

chlamys

?

 

?

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

?

 
Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 230

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

 

?

absent

absent

absent

1

?

absent

anterior

?

globose

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

   
Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 235

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

 

?

absent

absent

present

>1

?

single

?

2

ovoid

?

?

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

   
Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 236

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

 

?

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

   
Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 1236

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

 

?

absent

absent

present

>1

?

absent

?

2

ovoid

?

?

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

   
Chlamydomonas surtseyensis UTEX 1796

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

 

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

homothallic

isogamous

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlamydomonas uva-maris SAG 19.89

unicellular

absent

chlamys

absent

 

?

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

brackish or saltwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlamydomonas zebra SAG 10.83

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

 

absent

absent&present

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

2

globose

aperture

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

published

unpublished

?

 published

 
Chlamydomonas zimbabwiensis UTEX LB 2213

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

 

?

absent

absent

present

>1

?

absent

anterior

2

globose

?

?

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

heterothallic

oogamous

published

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlamydopodium vacuolatum UTEX 2111

unicellular

present

chlamys

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

2

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

freshwater

?

?

published

published

?

?

 
Chloranomala cuprecola UTEX LB 1696

unicellular

absent

chlamys

2 apical

 

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

absent

anterior

2

egg&ovoid

?

polar

absent

present

present

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlorococcum nivale UTEX LB 225

unicellular

present

chlamys

2 apical

 

absent

absent

absent

absent

1

?

single

anterior

2

ovoid

?

polar

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlorococcum diplobionticum UTEX 950      chlamys

                                       

published

published

     
Chlorococcum echinozygotum UTEX 118      chlamys                                          

published

published

?

?

 
Chlorococcum ellipsoideum UTEX 972     chlamys                                           

published

published

?

?

 
Chlorococcum granulosum UTEX LB 2224

unicellular

present

chlamys

?

 

absent

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

2

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

snow

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlorococcum tatrense UTEX B 2227

unicellular

present

chlamys

?

 

absent

absent

absent

?

1

?

?

anterior

2

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

snow

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlorococcum elkartiense UTEX 1772

unicellular

present

chlamys

?

 

absent

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

2

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlorococcum elkartiense UTEX 293

unicellular

present

chlamys

2 apical

 

absent

absent

absent

present

1

?

single

posterior

2

ovoid

?

lateral

absent

absent

absent

cup

freshwater

?

?

unpublished

unpublished

?

 ?

 
Chlorococcum sphacosum UTEX 1787

unicellular

present

chlamys

?

 

absent

?

absent

?

?

?

?

?

2