Reimeria J.P.Kociolek & Stoermer, 1987

Holotype species: Cymbella sinuata W.Gregory

Currently accepted name for the type species: Reimeria sinuata (W.Gregory) Kociolek & Stoermer

Original publication and holotype designation: Kociolek, J.P. & Stoermer, E.F. (1987). Ultrastructure of Cymbella sinuata and its allies (Bacillariophyceae), and their transfer to Reimeria, gen. nov. Systematic Botany 12(4): 451-459, 25 figs.

Description: Valves asymmetric to the longitudinal axis. Striae of one or two rows of puncta, C-shaped foramina present or absent. Raphe straight, expanded laterally. Central area unilateral, extending to the ventral margin. One dorsal stig- ma positioned near the proximal raphe ends, internal proximal raphe ends recurved in the same direction toward the apices, central nodule small. Apical pore fields located at the poles, restricted to the ventral margin and mantle or divided into two parts by the curvature of the external terminal end of the raphe, the two parts unequal in size, the smaller on the mantle of the valve apex, the larger on the ventral mantle.

Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-12-11 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The diatoms biology and morphology of the genera. pp. [i-ix], 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024