Fernandinella Chodat, 1922

Holotype species: Fernandinella alpina Chodat

Original publication and holotype designation: Chodat, R. (1922). Matériaux pour l'histoire des algues de la Suisse. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Geneve, série 2 13: 66-114.

Description: Cells usually grouped into dense colonies, only rarely solitary, spherical, ovoid, or pyriform, with the pointed ends facing outwards the colonies. Cell wall thin and smooth. Cells attached to the substrate by gelatinous discs. Chloroplast cupshaped, with a distinct pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by quadriflagellate zoospores and autospores. Zoospores ovoid, with 4 flagella. A genus of two currently accepted species from terrestrial habitats.

Information contributed by: Skaloud et al. (2018: 107).. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-03-15 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Škaloud, P., Rindi, F., Boedeker, C. & Leliaert, F. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Freshwater flora of central Europe: Chlorophyta V: Ulvophyceae. Vol. 13 pp. [i]-vii, [1]-288, 182 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. 15 March 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024