Chlorococcales (Chlorophyceae) of Eastern and North ... - Algae

Table. 1. (continued)
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Details about the sites of collection, habitat, pH, temperature
and conductivity of water at the time of collection
and voucher number of each sample have been
depicted in Table 1. Totally 56 taxa of chlorococcales
belonging to 21 genera were recorded from several freshwater
bodies of eastern and north-eastern states of India.
Out of these 16 species, e.g. Treubaria setigera (Archer)
G.M. Smith, Pediastrum simplex Meyen var. biwaense
Fukushima, Pediastrum simplex Meyen var. echinulatum
Wittrocck, Coenochloris polycocca (Korsˇikov) Hindák,
Radiococcus nimbatus (De Wildeman) Scmidle, Coenocystis
reniformis Korsˇikov and Oocystis rhomboidea Fott,
Glaucocystis simplex Tarnogradskij, Monoraphidium contortum
(Thuret) Komárková and Legnerová, Ankistrodesmus
densus Koráikov, Ankistrodesmus fusiformis Corda,
Ankistrodesmus stipitatus (Chodat) Komárek and
Legnerova, Ankistrodesmus tortus Komárek et Comas,
Actinastrum aciculare Playfair f. Minimum (Huber-
Pestalozzi) Compère, Tetrastrum elegans Playfair,
Desmodesmus protuberans (Fritsch et Ritch) Hegewald and
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Station no.(S) Place of collection Latitude Longitude Voucher no. Habitat/area
45 Danuswari river, Dimapur, Nagaland 25° 54’ 46.8” N 93° 44’ 36.1” E 1084 Perennial river
46 Purana Bazar, Dimapur, Nagaland 25° 53’ 44.4” N 93° 45’ 16.7”E 1089 Small pond (0.5 ha)
47 Green park, Dimapur, Nagaland 25° 51’ 30.7”N 93° 45’ 50.7”E 1099 Temporary water pool
48 Green park, Dimapur, Nagaland 25° 51’ 30.7” N 93° 45’ 50.7”E 1101 Temporary water poo
49 Imphal river, Imphal, Manipur 24° 48’ 09”N 93° 56’ 53”E 1112, 1113 Perennial river
50 Loktak lake, Sedra, Manipur 24° 30’ 26.7”N 93° 47’ 04.1”E 1118 Largest lake (87.000 sq.
miles)
51 Dikho river, Sibsagar, Assam 26° 58’ 30”N 94° 37’ 46.9”E 1133 Perennial river
52 Jaysagar, Jorhat, Assam 26° 57’ 12.3”N 94° 37’ 37.4”E 1134, 1135 Pond (5 ha)
53 Road side canal, Jaysagar, Jorhat, Assam 26° 57’ 12.3” N 94° 37’ 37.4”E 1140 Canal (flowing water)
54 Jaji river, Jorhat, Assam 26° 50’ 49.6” N 94° 26’ 30.7”E 1144 Perennial river
55 Mahi lake, Kajiranga National Park, Assam 26° 36’ 41.1” N 93° 22’ 40.5”E 1148 Lake (70 ha)
56 Kaulimardi lake, Kajiranga Nation Park, 26° 38’ 45.3” N 93° 20’ 51.7”E 1149 Lake (50 ha)
Assam
57 Diffolo river, Kajiranga National Park, 26° 38’ 45.3” N 93° 20’ 51.7”E 1153 Perennial river
Assam
58 Dhonsiri river, Numaligarh, Assam 26° 27’ 51.4” N 93° 43’ 46.4”E 1160, 1162 Perennial River
59 Brahmaputra river, Namati, Jorhat, Assam 26° 51’ 34.5” N 94° 14’ 48.9” E 1167 Perennial River
60 Brahmaputra river, Majuli river island, 26° 52’ 49” N 94° 12’ 55.7”E 1170 Perennial River
Assam
61 Sri Sri Aunikati Sastra, Majuli river island, 26° 56’ 18.3” N 94° 07’ 24.0”E 1178 Small pond (0.5 ha)
Assam
62 Kamadubedi, Jorhat, Assam 26° 56’ 18.3” N 94° 07’ 24.0”E 1179 Small pond (0.5 ha)
63 Brahmaputra river, Fancy Bazar, Guwahati, 26° 5’ 52.7 “N 91° 30’ 23.7”E 1187, 1188 Perennial River
Assam
64 Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa 20° 20’ 6.4” N 85° 44’ 48” E 541 Temporary water pool
Scenedesmus pseudopoliensis Hortobagyi are reported first
time from India. Description of each species and systematic
enumeration is presented.
Family: Chlorococcaceae Lackman and Tansley 1902.
Sub family: Chlorococcoideae
Genus: Chlorococcum Meneghini 1842
1. Chlorococcum humicolo (Nägeli) Rabenhorst 1868 (Pl.
1, Fig. 1)
[Synonym: Chlorococcum humicolum (Nägeli)
Rabenhorst 1915, Cystococcus humiccolo Nägeli 1849]
Philipose 1967, p. 73, fig. 3 (b), Prescott 1961, p. 212,
pl. 45, fig.1.
Cells spherical, solitary or number of cells crowded
together to form a stratum; chloroplast a hollow sphere
with a lateral notch, cells 6-25 µm in diameter, zoospores
elliptical, 4.5 µm broad and 3-4 µm long.
Epiphytic in stream and planktic in river; Voucher
number, date and site: 351; 6 th Dec. 2004; Shilong,
Meghalaya (S-12; Temp. 25°C; pH 7.1; Cond. 150 µs);
1170; 29 th March 2007; Majuli river island, Assam (S-60).
Family: Treubariaceae (Korˇsikov) Fott 1960