A small reproductive structure in certain algae; (probably) a tetraspore.

plural trichospoˈrangia (also anglicized triˈchosporange) Botany, Thuret's term for the multilocular sporangium of certain fucoid algæ, which…

(in algae) a motile gonidium.

any of a group of eight spores derived from a single progenitor cell.

A thick-walled spore resembling a zygospore but produced parthenogenetically in certain algae and fungi.

In certain algae and cyanobacteria: a thick-walled non-motile resting cell or spore, formed asexually without division by the differentiation of a…

An algal gonidium; = gonidium, n. 2a.

= parthenospore, n. Obsolete.

Any of a group of tetrapyrrole compounds that are present in some algae as the prosthetic groups of phycocyanins and phycoerythrins. Also: (more…

Any chromoprotein in which a phycobilin is the prosthetic group; a phycocyanin or a phycoerythrin.

In certain algae: a photosynthetic granule containing phycobiliprotein.

An array of microtubules located in the plane of division during cytokinesis in certain green algae. Cf. phragmoplast, n.