Pilgeria W. Schmidle, 1901

Holotype species: Pilgeria brasiliensis Schmidle

Description: Unicellular-colonial; colonies spherical, microscopic, free living, with cells gathered in one surface layer, without mucilaginous envelopes. Cells in outline polyhedral to pseudoparenchymatously disposed, tightly touching one another, blue-green or slightly violet, with granular content. Cell division and reproduction not known. In freshwater biotopes in Brasil. From the original description in 1901 not found again; very problematic genus.

Information contributed by: J. Komárek. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2004-09-17 by Robert Wilkes.

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

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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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Robert Wilkes in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024