Stenocodon Pascher, 1942

Lectotype species: Stenocodon epiplankton Pascher

Original publication: Pascher, A. (1942). Zur Klärung einiger gerfärbter und farbloser Flagellaten und ihrer Einrichtung zur Aufnahahme animalischer Nahrung. Archiv für Protistenkunde 96: 75-108.

Type designated in: Bourrelly, P. (1957). Recherches sur les Chrysophycées. Morphologie, phylogénie, systématique. Mémoire Hors-Série Revue Algologique 1: [1]-412, incl. 11 pls.

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Description: Cell surrounded by a hyaline lorica which by a stalk is fastened to a colony of blue-green algae. Front part of the cell prolonged into an oblique funnel-shaped collar surrounding the 2 unequal flagella. No chloroplasts; nutrition includes bacteria, which are concentrated in the funnel by flagella activity where they are ingested. Stomatocysts and details of reproduction unknown. Epiphytic on blue-green algal colonies in freshwater ponds in Bohemia. There is insufficient information for taxonomic allocation, e. g. the flagella ultrastructure is unknown.Bourrelly (1981) proposes placement near Dinobryon, although placement in the zooflagellates near Histiona might also be a possibility

Information contributed by: J. Kristiansen. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-08-15 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: 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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024