taxonID	type	description	language	source
F224EC3C5E2A56E8A6E1C292EAA59EA2.taxon	description	Description. Found on the soil surface around brackish lakes. Unicellular, spherical (Figs 1, 2), and cell diameter of 6 - 15 μm. Mature cells often divide into two cells by means of diads (Fig. 3). Cells contain one net-like chloroplast (Fig. 6), lateral, almost filling the entire cell at maturity (Figs 2, 8), one nucleus, and one pyrenoid covered by starch envelope, although not obvious (Figs 7, 8). The vegetative cell wall is rough and there is an unidentified gelatinous layer outside the cell wall (Fig. 9). The pyrenoid is covered with a segmented starch envelope and penetrated by straight thylakoids (Fig. 10). Asexual reproduction is achieved through diads or release of aplanospores (Figs 3 - 5). Aplanosporangia contain eight to 16 spherical aplanospores, and the release process can be observed (Figs 4, 5). No sexual reproduction was observed.	en	Yan, Qiufeng, Zhu, Huan, Fang, Jiao, Liu, Benwen, Liu, Guoxiang (2022): Taxonomic study of a novel terrestrial alga, Spongiosarcinopsis qinghaiensis sp. nov. (Protosiphonaceae, Chlorophyta), from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. PhytoKeys 204: 83-95, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.204.84886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.204.84886
F224EC3C5E2A56E8A6E1C292EAA59EA2.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the Holotype locality (Qinghai Province).	en	Yan, Qiufeng, Zhu, Huan, Fang, Jiao, Liu, Benwen, Liu, Guoxiang (2022): Taxonomic study of a novel terrestrial alga, Spongiosarcinopsis qinghaiensis sp. nov. (Protosiphonaceae, Chlorophyta), from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. PhytoKeys 204: 83-95, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.204.84886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.204.84886
F224EC3C5E2A56E8A6E1C292EAA59EA2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. At present, the algal isolate is only found in China. It grows on loose and moist soil surfaces around brackish lakes.	en	Yan, Qiufeng, Zhu, Huan, Fang, Jiao, Liu, Benwen, Liu, Guoxiang (2022): Taxonomic study of a novel terrestrial alga, Spongiosarcinopsis qinghaiensis sp. nov. (Protosiphonaceae, Chlorophyta), from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. PhytoKeys 204: 83-95, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.204.84886, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.204.84886
