Hemiflagellochloris
| Hemiflagellochloris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Volvocaceae |
| Genus: | Hemiflagellochloris S.Watanabe, S.Tsujimura, T.Misono, S.Nakamura & H.Inoue, 2006 |
| Species: | H. kazakhstanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiflagellochloris kazakhstanica S.Watanabe, S.Tsujimura, T.Misono, S.Nakamura & H.Inoue, 2006 | |
Hemiflagellochloris is a monotypic genus of green algae in the family Volvocaceae. It has only one known species, Hemiflagellochloris kazakhstanica, discovered from a saline irrigation land in Kazakhstan.
Hemiflagellochloris kazakhstanica consists of single, ellipsoidal to spherical cells with a smooth cell wall. They contain a single nucleus and a parietal chloroplast with pyrenoids. Reproduction occurs asexually via aplanospores or zoospores; zoospores have two flagella, with one half the length of the other. Hemiflagellochloris is unique due to its zoospores, which have considerably unequal flagella; it is only distantly related to other green algae with unequal-length flagella.