Pseudocarteria H.Ettl, 1958

Holotype species: Pseudocarteria pallida Ettl

Original publication: Ettl, H. (1958). Zur Kenntnis der Klasse Volvophyceae. In: Algologische Studien. (Komárek, J. & Ettl, H. Eds), pp. 207-289. Prag [Prague]: Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Description: Unicellular thalli ellipsoidal to nearly cylindrical. Four anterior isokont flagella. Papillum absent or present depending on the species. Chloroplast stellate-shaped or ill-defined depending on the species. Stigma, cell wall, and pyrenoid(s) present. Numerous contractile vacuoles scattered throughout the cytoplasm. Asexual reproduction by zoosporogenesis producing four motile daughter cells. No other asexual stages have been observed. No sexual stages have been observed in this genus.

Information contributed by: M. Buchheim & M.D. Guiry. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-06-29 by Luka Sato.

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

Comments: Ettl transferred most members of the genus Pseudocarteria from the genus Carteria. Ettl describes Pseudocarteria as a parallel to Carteria. The two differ in that the former exhibits multiple (>2) contractile vacuoles scattered throughout the cytoplasm and the latter typically exhibits two (or four) anterior contractile vacuoles. Pseudocarteria is known from continental Europe, the United States, and Japan. Pseudocarteria has been collected as plankton, in rain-water pools, and in small eutrophic bodies of water. No biochemical or molecular data are available for this organism

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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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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024