''Mallomonas hexareticulata'' is a species of
heterokont
The stramenopiles, also called heterokonts, are protists distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs. In most species, the hairs are attached to flagella, in some they are attached to other areas of the cellular surface, an ...
algae. It is a tiny free-living cell, about the width of a human hair. It has ornate scales and bristles, as well as long spines. It is a relatively common part of lake or pond
plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in Hydrosphere, water (or atmosphere, air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against ocean current, currents (or wind). The individual organisms constituting plankton are ca ...
. It differs from its cogenerates by the number, distribution, and size of its base plate pores, the secondary structures on the scale surfaces, together with characteristics of its bristles.
References
Further reading
* Wei, Yin‐Xin, Xiu‐Ping Yuan, and Jørgen Kristiansen. "Silica‐scaled chrysophytes from Hainan, Guangdong Provinces and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China." Nordic Journal of Botany 32.6 (2014): 881-896.
* Gusev, E. S. "A New Species in Genus Mallomonas Perty (Synurales, Chrysophyceae) from Vietnam." International Journal on Algae 17.4 (2015).
External links
AlgaeBase*
Chrysophyceae
Protists described in 2013
Golden algae species
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