Selenochloris Pascher, 1927

Holotype species: Selenochloris lobata (J.Schiller) Pascher

Original publication and holotype designation: Pascher, A. (1927). Neue oder wenig bekannte Flagellaten. XVII. Archiv für Protistenkunde 58: 577-598, 20 figs.

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Description: Unicellular thalli compressed in a plane normal to the axis of flagellar insertion. Cells cresent-shaped in profile. Lobes present (two or more) and directed posteriorly. Chloroplast cup-shaped. Cell wall present. Papillum absent or present depending on the species. Two (originally described as uniflagellate) anterior isokont flagella. Pyrenoids and stigma absent or present depending on the species . Two anterior contractile vacuoles. Asexual reproduction by zoosporogenesis producing two to eight motile daughter cells. No other asexual stages have been reported. Sexual reproduction isogamous or anisogamous (reported in S. quadriloba). Quadriflagellate planozygote formed following fusion. Zygote is spherical and without ornamentation.

Information contributed by: M. Buchheim. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-11-09 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: Masjuk, N.P., Lilitska, G.G. & Kapustin, D.O. (2011). Chlamydomonadales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 157-218. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..

Comments: Selenochloris , which is known only from Europe, has been collected from temporary pools, pools containing decaying leaves, warm meadow pools, and acidic (pH = 4.5) pools. Iyengar and Desikachary contend that the original description precludes biflagellate members. Furthermore, Ettl has transferred numerous species of Furcilla Stokes to Selenochloris. Consequently, some form of nomenclatural revision of one or both genera appears likely.

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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. 09 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024