Pseudobodo Griessmann, 1913
Holotype species: Pseudobodo tremulans Griessmann
Original publication: Griessmann, K. (1913). Über marine Flagellaten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 32(1): 1-78, 24 figures.
Request PDFDescription: Cells colorless, more or less spherical, naked, 2 unequal flagella. Long hairy flagellum, in length 2-4 times the cell diam., points forward being slightly curved when the cell is sessile, but almost straight in free-swimming cells. The shorter smooth flagellum is directed posteriorly and follows a shallow furrow on the ventral cell surface, in swimming cells it trails. Cell attaches to the substrate by the tip of this smooth flagellum, which may be extended by a long mucus thread. The length of this holdfast may exceed the length of the long flagellum. The flagellum used for attachment may contract, when the cell is disturbed. The cytostomal area is situated next to the flagella and is surrounded by a large peristomal structure resembling a protruding lip. During division, the cell is non-motile. Apparently widespread in tropical marine and brackish waters of Australia, Hawaii and Brazil.
Information contributed by: H.R. Preisig. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-06-26 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 masculine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kristiansen, J. & Preisig, H.R. (2001). Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
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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. 26 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
