Dinococcus Fott, 1960
Holotype species: Dinococcus bicornis (Wołoszyńska) Fott
Original publication and holotype designation: Fott, B. (1960). Taxonomische Übertragungen und Namensänderungen unter den Algen. Preslia 32: 142-154, 4 figs.
Request PDFDescription: Unicellular coccoid dinophytes of medium size, fusiforme shape with short spine at each pole, fixed by attachment disc on other algae, e.g., Vaucheria or Oedogonium. Cytoplasm with large brownish chloroplast and pyrenoid, stigma absent. Vegetative reproduction by 1 to 2 Gymnodinium-like zoospores liberated in early morning
Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-10-26 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 masculine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Moestrup, Ø. & Calado, A.J. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Dinophyceae. Vol. 6 pp. [i]-xii, [1]-560, 421 figures. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.
Comments: Cosmopolitan freshwater organisms of eutrophic shallow ponds, epiphytic on other algae.
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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. 26 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
