Haplodinium G.A.Klebs, 1912

Holotype species: Haplodinium antjoliense G.A.Klebs

Original publication and holotype designation: Klebs, G. (1912). Über Flagellaten- und Algen-ähnliche Peridineen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg, Neue Folge 11: 369-451, 15 figures, plate 10.

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Description: Medium-sized (26-30 x 18-20 µm) cells laterally compressed. Heterodynamic flagella emerge from a slight depression at the apical pole. Two lateral, large chloroplasts of yellowish color, each with a central pyrenoid. Typical dinokaryotic nucleus is large; at the apical pole there are 2 pusules which may fuse to one large. Cell wall rigid but not composed of thecal plates, which separates this genus from Prorocentrum. Found in brackish water and marine littoral waters of South-East Asia.

Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-03-10 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 neuter.

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