Trichocyte (algae)

Trichocyte in algae are cells which grow on the outside of the thallus, from which hairs grow.[1] In algae, trichocytes grow principally over the summer; their growth is mediated by water temperature and day length.[2][3][4]

References
  1. H.W. Johansen. Coralline Algae: A First Synthesis. Google books
  2. Judson, B.L.; Pueschel, C.M. (2002), "Ultrastructure of trichocyte(hair cell) complexes in Jania adhaerens(Corallinales, Rhodophyta)", Phycologia, 41 (1): 68–78, doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-41-1-68.1, S2CID 84733932
  3. Basso !first2=Annalisa, Daniela; Caragnano; Rodondi, Graziella (2014), "Trichocytes in Lithophyllum kotschyanum and Lithophyllum spp. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the NW Indian Ocean", J Phycol, 50 (4): 711–717, doi:10.1111/jpy.12197, hdl:10281/53267, PMID 26988454, S2CID 5460398
  4. R. Walker (1984), "Trichocytes and Megacells in Cultured Crusts of Three British Species of Lithothamnium and Phymatolithon (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta)", Botanica Marina, 27 (4), doi:10.1515/botm.1984.27.4.161, S2CID 84998269


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