Desmomastix Pascher, 1914
Holotype species: Desmomastix globosa Pascher
Original publication and holotype designation: Pascher, A. (1914). Über Flagellaten und Algen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 32: 136-160.
Description: Small (10-15µm) ellipsoid flagellate with 2 heterodynamic apical flagella, one chloroplast with an excentric pyrenoid. Reproduction by binary fission of the flagellate stage as well as in spherical cysts with cellulosic wall. Found in freshwater, in stagnant waters of a river.
Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-09-27 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Moestrup, Ø. & Calado, A.J. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Dinophyceae. Vol. 6 pp. [i]-xii, [1]-560, 421 figures. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.
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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. 27 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 May 2024