Calciodinellum Deflandre, 1947
Holotype species: Calciodinellum operosum Deflandre
Original publication and holotype designation: Deflandre, G. (1947). Calciodinellum nov. gen., premier représentant d'une famille nouvelle de Dinoflagellés fossiles à thèque calcaire. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 224(25): 1781-1782, 6 figures.
Request PDFFossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.
Description: Described as fossil from the Upper Miocene of El Mehdi, Algeria, this calcareous cyst (30-40 µm diameter) has been found in recent sediments and plankton traps. The vegetative cell hatched from these cysts have a morphology and tabulation identical to that of species of the genus Scrippsiella Balech ex Loeblich III, see there. The cysts are spherical, with a calcareous layer that completely dissolve after treatment with hydrochloric acid. The calcareous layer is composed of small crystals arranged to form a spongy-reticulate structure. Rod-shaped crystals are arranged like a fence marking the peridinoid paratabulation. In culture, cysts were produced by vegetative cells in the postexponentional phase. Chloroplasts present. Vegetative cells more or less globular with a cellulosic cell wall of plates; plate formula Po,X,4',3a,7",6c,5s,5"',2"". Habitat : Recent sediments and in the plankton of the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean; as fossil from the Holocene, Miocene and Pleistocene.
Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-01-23 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
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: Elbrächter, M., Gottschling, M., Hildebrand-Habel, T., Keupp, H., Kohring, R., Lewis, J., Meier, K.J.S., Montresor, M., Streng, M., Versteegh, G.J.M., Willems, H. & Zonneveld, K. (2008). Establishing an agenda for calcareous dinoflagellate research (Thoracosphaeraceae, Dinophyceae) including a nomenclatural synopsis of generic names. Taxon 57(4): 1289-1303.
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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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
