SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN <i>CHAETOSPHAERIDIUM GLOBOSUM</i> (NORDST.) KLEBAHN (CHLOROPHYCEAE) AND DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIES NEW TO SCIENCE

Abstract

Developmental morphology and sexual reproduction of Chaetosphaeridium globosum are described. Dicoleon nordstedtii is reduced to synonymy with C. globosum. A species new to science, C. gemmatum, is described. Descriptions are given of material collected of C. ovalis and C. pringsheimii accompanied by a key to the 4 species of the genus. The species C. huberi is relegated to species dubium.