Synchroma R.Schnetter, 2007

Holotype species: Synchroma grande R.Schnetter

Original publication and holotype designation: Horn, S., Ehlers, K., Fritzsch, G., Gil-Rodriguez, M.C., Wilhelm, C. & Schnetter, R. (2007). Synchroma grande spec. nov. (Synchromophyceae class. nov., Heterokontophyta): an ameboid marine alga with unique plastid complexes. Protist 158: 277-293.

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Description: Algae eucaryoticae, chlorophyllis a et c2 . Corpora principalia cellularum amoeboidearum sessilium loricas cingentes et reticulopodiis conjunctis meroplasmodium facientia. Lorica in planitie applanata ostiolis lateralibus. Spatium inter loricam corporemque principale saepe protuberationibus cytoplasmatis. Chloroplasti in gregibus aggregati, per pyrenoides dense agglomeratas in area centrali gregum uniti, partibus pigmentiferis chloroplastorum radiantibus. Pyrenoides agglomeratae vesicula galeanti unica gregis instructae. Multiplicatio vegetativa cellularum meroplasmodii per bipartitionem effecta; filia una sedentaria in lorica manet, altera in amoebam migrantem vel natantem sine flagellis commutat. Eukaryotic algae with chlorophylls a and c 2 • Main cell bodies of sessile amoebae form enclosing loricae and a meroplasmodium by fusing reticulopodia. Lorica on plane surfaces flat with lateral pores. Space between lorica and main cell body frequently with protuberances of cytoplasm. Chloroplasts grouped in complexes, united by densely aggregated pyrenoids in the center of the complexes with radiating pigmented chloroplast lobes. Pyrenoid groups are covered by a single capping vesicle. Vegetative reproduction occurs by binary division; one daughter cell remains in the lorica of the mother cell, the second cell becomes a migrating or floating amoeba without flagella.

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-12-28 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.

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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024