Histiophysis Kofoid & Skogsberg, 1928
Holotype species: Histiophysis rugosa (Kofoid & J.R.Michener) Kofoid & Skogsberg
Original publication and holotype designation: Kofoid, C.A. & Skogsberg, T. (1928). The Dinoflagellata: the Dinophysoidae [No.] XXXV. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from October 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. . Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 51: 1-766.
Request PDFDescription: Medium-sized (50 µm) ovoid flagellate with a conspicuous list at the ventral side which extends antapically over the cell body. The very small epicone is hidden by the epithecal cingular lists. Plate formula and pattern unknown. Theca finely, deeply and regularly areolate. Cell contents not described, but phaeosomes are reported from the girdle list. Only one specimen known, the genus needs reinvestigation. Sexual reproduction and cyst formation not known. Marine plankton, known only from the tropical Pacific.
Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-03-11 by Luka Sato.
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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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
