Nephrochloris Geitler & Gimesi, 1925

Holotype species: Nephrochloris incerta Geitler & Gimesi

Original publication and holotype designation: Geitler, L. (1925). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flora ostholsteinischer Seen. Archiv für Protistenkunde 52: 603-611, 4 figures.

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Description: Solitary, ovoid and slightly flattened, naked cells up to 6 _m long without metaboly. Cells with graceful movement by means of single flagellum inserted almost ventrally. Cells with one or two parietal chloroplasts, a single contractile vacuole at the base of the flagellum and one or two oily inclusions in the cell posterior. Stigmata and pyrenoids absent. Asexual reproduction by longitudinal division of cells. Nephrochloris free-living or included in the mucilage of an Anabaena sp. in fresh or brackish water; reported only from Europe. Species distinguished based on chloroplast number and flagellar length.

Information contributed by: I. M. Franceschini. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-07-25 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 feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

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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. 25 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024