Phyllariochloris Pascher & Jahoda, 1928

Holotype species: Phyllariochloris torta (Korshikov) Pascher & Jahoda

Original publication and holotype designation: Pascher, A. & Jahoda, R. (1928). Neue Polyblepharidinen und Chlamydomonadinen aus den Altümpeln um Lunz. Archiv für Protistenkunde 61: 239-281.

Description: Unicellular thalli strongly flattened along the longitudinal axis. Two anterior isokont flagella arise from a shallow depression. Chloroplast cup-shaped but exhibiting perforations or reticulation. Stigma and pyrenoids absent or present depending on the species. Pyrenoids numerous when present. Numerous contractile vacuoles scattered throughout the cytoplasm. Asexual reproduction by zoosporogenesis (sporangium motile) resulting in two or four daughter zoospores. First division is longitudinal. Asexual stages (aplanospores) similar to zygotes (see below) have been reported. Sexual reproduction anisogamous. Biflagellate gametes markedly distinct. Female gametes similar to vegetative cells, male gametes small and produced as naked cells in large numbers (16-64). Fusion occurs at the anterior end and results in a quadriflagellate planozygote. Zygote thick-walled. Germination of zygote yields four naked zoospores which eventually become walled and assume the flattened shape of the mature vegetative cell. Phyllariochloris is known from eastern Europe and from India and generally is found in small bodies of stagnant water. No ultrastructural, biochemical, or molecular data are available for this organism

Information contributed by: M. Buchheim. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-11-23 by M.D. Guiry.

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: Masjuk, N.P., Lilitska, G.G. & Kapustin, D.O. (2011). Chlamydomonadales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 157-218. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..

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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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024