Cryptochloris J.Schiller, 1925, nom. illeg.
Holotype species: Cryptochloris vittata J.Schiller
Original publication and holotype designation: Schiller, J. (1926). Die planktonischen Vegetationen des Adriatischen Meeres. B. Chrysomonadina, Heterokontae, Cryptomonadina, Eugleninae, Volvocales. 1. Systematischer Teil. (Nach den Ergebnissen der österreichischen Adriaforschung in den Jahren 1911-1914). Archiv für Protistenkunde 53: 59-123, 30 figures, plates 3-6.
Request PDFDescription: Free-swimming biflagellate monads, dorsiventral with a rounded anterior, beautifully regular margins, only slightly oblique in lateral view; vestibulum broad and shallow-seated, with a shallow furrow extending longitudinally down the ventral surface to the middle of the cell, with a terminal widening lined with ejectisomes; two band-like flagella inserted sub-apically, unequal in length; two yellow-green chloroplasts. Reproduces by simple cell division in the motile state. Cryptochloris is only known from the brackish, coastal waters of the Adriatic Sea. The description, especially the two yellow-green chloroplasts, suggests a close taxonomic affinity to Cryptomonas. The ecology and ultrastructure are unknown.
Information contributed by: D. R. A. Hill. 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: Novarino, G. (2005). Nanoplankton protists from the wstern Mediterranean Sea. II. Cryptomonads (Cryptophyceae = Cryptomonadea). Scientia Marina 69(1): 47-74, 14 figs.
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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
