Stanieria Komárek & Anagnostidis, 1986

Holotype species: Stanieria cyanosphaera (Komárek & Hindák) Komárek & Anagnostidis

Original publication and holotype designation: Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1986). Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes, 2 - Chroococcales. Arch. Hydrobiol./Algolog. Stud. 43: 157-226.

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Description: Solitary cells (to 40 _m diam.) or irregular groups of cells, joined to the substrate and one another. Cells spherical or slightly widely oval, attached to the substrate by any part of a cell wall. Around the cells firm, thin, colorless sheaths, opened in any place of the surface during reproduction. Cell content greyish blue-green or reddish, thylakoids in parallel fascicles in the peripheral layer or irregularly through the whole cell volume; always without aerotopes. Reproduction by the almost spontaneous total cell division (multiple fission) into many small daughter cells (nanocytes); nanocytes are motile (planocytes), and escape from the firm, layered sheath through an irregular opening. All cells divide obligately only once into nanocytes, which grow into the Å original size and shape before the next division. Two species are known from the periphyton of alkaline lakes and swamps in Cuba and in Austria (Nesider lake), one species is known from the marine littoral.

Information contributed by: J. Komárek. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-03 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 feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Strunecký, O., Ivanova, A.P. & Mares, J. (2022 '2023'). An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis (Review). Journal of Phycology 59(1): 12-51.

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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. 03 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024