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The morphologies of 15 rare chlorococcalean algae, i.e. three species of the Characiaceae [Hydrianum crassiapex Korshikov, H. viride (Scherffel) H. Ettl, Characiellopsis skujae (Fott) Komárek], four taxa of the genus Pediastrum Meyen [Pediastrum privum (Printz) E. Hegewald, P. duplex Meyen var. rugulosum Raciborski, P. angulosum (Ehrenberg) ex Meneghini, Pediastrum biradiatum Meyen], a radiococcalean alga Phacomyxa sphagnicola Skuja, Pseudodictyosphaerium fluviatile (Hindák) Hindák from the Dictyosphaeriaceae, three representatives of the family Oocystaceae (Amphikrikos minutissimus Korshikov, Gloeotaenium loitlesbergianum Hansgirg, Chlorolobion obtusum Korshikov) and three species of the genus Scenedesmus Meyen (S. ginzbergeri Kammerer, S. incrassatulus Bohlin, S. parisiensis Deflandre), are documented by drawings and micrographs and their taxonomy is discussed. Of these, Hydrianum viride, Pediastrum duplex var. rugulosum, Scenedesmus ginzbergeri and S. parisiensis are recorded for the first time in Slovakia.
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Hindák, F., Hindáková, A. Morphology and taxonomy of some rare chlorococcalean algae (Chlorophyta). Biologia 63, 781–790 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-008-0099-7
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