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Scientific Name: Chaetopeltis orbicularis Berthold, 1878
Phytoplankton : Chaetopeltis orbicularis

Photo: Daniel Wujek (1999)

Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chaetopeltidales
Family: Chaetopeltidaceae
Description:
The thalli of this microalga were flat and consisted of branching filaments radiating from a central disk. Vegetative cells contained a pyrenoid surrounded by starch plates and crossed by one or two convoluted cytoplasmic channels. The cells had distinct cell walls but lacked plasmodesmata.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
These organisms are commonly found in freshwater habitats.
Environment:
Freshwater
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