Lepidochrysis Ikävalko, Kristiansen & H.A.Thomsen, 1994

Holotype species: Lepidochrysis glomerifera (K.J.Clarke & N.C.Pennick) J.Ikävalko, J.Kristiansen & H.A.Thomsen

Original publication and holotype designation: Ikävalko, J., Kristiansen, J. & Thomsen, H.A. (1994). A revision of the taxonomical position of Syncrypta glomerifera (Chrysophyceae), establishment of a new genus Lepidochrysis and observations on the occurrence of Lepidochrysis glomerifera comb. nov. in brackish water. Nordic Journal of Botany 14: 339-344.

Description: Cells have two unequal flagella and a single chloroplast with stigma.They are covered with delicate spherical and hollow scales consisting of interwoven fine fibrils. Cells are embeddedin mucilage and arranged in globular colonies. In brackish water - in a saltmarsh pool in England and several places in the Baltic.

Information contributed by: J. Kristiansen. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-10-18 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: Kristiansen, J. & Preisig, H.R. (2001). Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

Comments: Kristiansen & Preisig (2001: 9) record this genus as alternately being a member of the family Ochromonadaceae Lemmerman 1899.

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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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