Carteria

Short description: Genus of algae

Carteria

Carteria obtusa, Dill. F, G: Vegetative cells, H, J, K: Stages of gametes mating
Scientific classification
(unranked):  | Viridiplantae
Division:  | Chlorophyta
Class:  | Chlorophyceae
Order:  | Chlamydomonadales
Family:  | Chlamydomonadaceae
Genus:  | Carteria
Diesing
Species

* Carteria crucifera
* Carteria radiosa
* Carteria eugametos
* Carteria olivieri
* Carteria inversa
* Carteria cerasiformis
* Carteria obtusa
* Carteria sp. UTEX2
* Carteria lunzensis
* Carteria palmata

Carteria is a genus of green algae in the family Chlamydomonadaceae.[1] Carteria are similar in morphology to the common genus Chlamydomonas and differ by having four, rather than two, flagella at the vegetative stage.[2]

The genus name of Carteria is in honour of Henry John Carter, (1813–1895), who was a surgeon working in Bombay, India, who carried out work in geology, paleontology, and zoology.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Karl Moritz Diesing in Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Nat. Cl., Abt. Vol.1 Issue 52 on page 356 in 1866.

## Description

Carteria is a single-celled organism. The cell is surrounded by a conspicuous wall which is often differentiated into a papilla at the anterior of the cell. There are four flagella, inserted at the location of the papilla, with a cruciate arrangement. Cells contain a single chloroplast. Pyrenoids are present, with one or several. There are often two contractile vacuoles per cell.[4]

Asexual reproduction occurs via zoospore formation within the parent cell wall.[2] The mode of sexual reproduction varies within Carteria: some species are isogamous, while Carteria obtusa is anisogamous.[5]

## Taxonomy

Over seventy species of Carteria have been described from freshwater and terrestrial habitats.[4] The chloroplast shape is species-specific and provides the basis for classification.[6]

Among the 4-flagellate algae, various genera have been split off from Carteria based on morphological evidence. Among them are Provasoliella, which lacks pyrenoids,[7] and Pseudocarteria, which has multiple (more than two) contractile vacuoles dispersed throughout the cytoplasm.[8]

It is likely that additional research will lead to further revision of this genus.[6] Based on the ultrastructure of the flagellar basal bodies, Lembi et al. divided Carteria into two groups. Group I contains spherical cells with flagellar bodies oriented in a cross. Group II contains ellipsoidal cells with flagellar bodies oriented in a four-armed spiral.[9] Molecular data also agree with this grouping; the two groups together do not form a monophyletic group.[5]

## References

1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Carteria. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. http://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nakada, Takashi; Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014). "Chapter 6. Flagellate Green Algae". Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2 ed.). Elsevier Inc.. ISBN 978-0-12-385876-4.
3. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bicudo, Carlos E. M.; Menezes, Mariângela (2006). Gêneros de Algas de Águas Continentais do Brasil: chave para identificação e descrições (2 ed.). RiMa Editora. pp. 508. ISBN 857656064X.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Suda, Shoichiro; Nozaki, Hisayoshi; Watanabe, Makoto M. (2005). "Morphology and sexual reproduction of Carteria palmata sp. nov. Belonging to the Carteria group I sensu Lembi (Chlorophyceae, Volvocales)". Phycologia 44 (6): 596. doi:10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[596:MASROC2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0031-8884.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Carteria". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=43371.Carteria&rft.atitle=[[Biology:AlgaeBase|AlgaeBase]]&rft.aulast=Guiry&rft.aufirst=M.D.&rft.au=Guiry, M.D.&rft.au=Guiry, G.M.&rft.date=2008&rft.pub=World-wide+electronic+publication,+National+University+of+Ireland,+Galway&rft_id=http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=43371&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Biology:Carteria">
7. ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Provasoliella". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=44238.Provasoliella&rft.atitle=[[Biology:AlgaeBase|AlgaeBase]]&rft.aulast=Guiry&rft.aufirst=M.D.&rft.au=Guiry, M.D.&rft.au=Guiry, G.M.&rft.date=2008&rft.pub=World-wide+electronic+publication,+National+University+of+Ireland,+Galway&rft_id=http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=44238&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Biology:Carteria">
8. ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Pseudocarteria". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=46097.Pseudocarteria&rft.atitle=[[Biology:AlgaeBase|AlgaeBase]]&rft.aulast=Guiry&rft.aufirst=M.D.&rft.au=Guiry, M.D.&rft.au=Guiry, G.M.&rft.date=2008&rft.pub=World-wide+electronic+publication,+National+University+of+Ireland,+Galway&rft_id=http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=46097&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Biology:Carteria">
9. ↑ Lembi, Carole A. (1975). "The fine structure of the flagellar apparatus of Carteria". Journal of Phycology 11 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1975.tb02744.x. Bibcode: 1975JPcgy..11....1L.

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