Luciella P.L.Mason, Jeong, Litaker, Reece & Steidinger, 2007

Holotype species: Luciella masanensis P.L.Mason, Jeong, Litaker, Reece & Steidinger

Original publication and holotype designation: Mason, P.L., Litaker, R.W., Jeong, H.J., Ha, J.H., Reece, K.S., Stokes, N.A., Park, J.Y., Steidinger, K.A., Vandersea, M.W., Kibler, S., Tester, P.A. & Vogelbein, W.K. (2007). Description of a new genus of Pfiesteria -like dinoflagellate, Luciella gen. nov. (Dinophyceae),including two new species: Luciella masanensis sp. nov. and Luciella atlantis sp. nov.. Journal of Phycology 43: 799-810.

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Description: Vegetative cells small (9-21 microns), thinly armored with a plate formula of Po,cp, X, 4', 2a, 6", 6c, PC, 5+s, 5"', Op, and 2"". Biflagellated stages, including gametes, and triflagellae planozygote stages. Cingulum slightly subequatorial, slightly displaced. Nucleus spherical, typical dinokaryon present in the hypotheca. Temporary benthic or resting cyst stages present. Nutrition is heterotrophic, by myzocytosis by means of a tubular peduncle.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-05-23 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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