{{Short description|Genus of algae}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Lobomonas francei.jpg | image_caption = ''Lobomonas francei'' | taxon = Lobomonas | authority = P.-A.Dangeard | type_species = ''Lobomonas francei'' | type_species_authority = P.-A.Dangeard<ref name=AlgaeBase>{{AlgaeBase genus | id=44232 | name=Lobomonas | access-date=2024-11-29 }}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Lobomonas monstruosa'' * ''Lobomonas rostrata'' }}
'''''Lobomonas''''' is a genus of green algae in the family Chlamydomonadaceae,<ref>See the NCBI [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=128464 webpage on Lobomonas]. Data extracted from the {{cite web | url=https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information | access-date=2007-03-19}}</ref> found in freshwater habitats.<ref name=Nakada2014/> Although it is widely distributed, it is a rare genus.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/jpy.12615 |title=Molecular phylogeny, systematics, and revision of the type species of ''Lobomonas'', ''L. francei'' (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) and closely related taxa |date=2018 |last1=Sausen |first1=Nicole |last2=Malavasi |first2=Veronica |last3=Melkonian |first3=Michael |journal=Journal of Phycology |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=198–214 |pmid=29278416 |bibcode=2018JPcgy..54..198S |s2cid=4612659 }}</ref>
''Lobomonas'' is a unicellular organism with two flagella, which are attached at the anterior apex of the cell. Cells are ellipsoid, ovoid, or globose in outline and have a round or polygonal cross section. Cells are covered in a thick cell wall with various bumps, lobes, or other projections. A single large chloroplast fills the protoplasm, sometimes containing one pyrenoid. There is a conspicuous stigma in the anterior region of the cell. Two or four contractile vacuoles are present, usually right below the flagella, but sometimes irregularly dispersed throughout the protoplasm.<ref name=Bicudo_and_Menezes2006>{{cite book | title= Gêneros de Algas de Águas Continentais do Brasil: chave para identificação e descrições | edition=2 | year=2006 | first1=Carlos E. M. |last1=Bicudo | first2=Mariângela | last2= Menezes | publisher= RiMa Editora | pages=508 | isbn= 857656064X }}</ref>
Asexual reproduction occurs by the formation of zoospores within the parent cell. Sexual reproduction has not been observed.<ref name=Nakada2014>{{cite book |editor-first1=John D.|editor-last1=Wehr|editor-first2=Robert G.|editor-last2=Sheath|editor-first3=J. Patrick|editor-last3=Kociolek |date= 2014 |edition=2 |title= Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification |last1= Nakada|first1=Takashi| last2=Nozaki |first2=Hisayoshi |chapter= Chapter 6. Flagellate Green Algae |url= |location= |publisher= Elsevier Inc. |page=|isbn=978-0-12-385876-4 }}</ref>
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Category:Chlamydomonadales genera Category:Chlamydomonadaceae Category:Freshwater algae
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