Chlorokremys Wujek & R.H.Thompson, 2008

Holotype species: Chlorokremys scutella Wujek & R.H.Thompson

Original publication and holotype designation: Wujek, D. & Thompson, R.H. (2008). A new neustonic genus and species of green algae: Chlorokremys scutella (Tetrasporales). Cryptogamie Algologie 29(1): 63-67, 5 figs.

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Description: Alga unicellularis, neustonica, operculo pateriformi tenui natanti. Cellulae globosae 5-14 ?m diametro ab paginae visae, 3-8 ab laterali. Cellula subter visa rotunda ad ovoidea, interdum angularis si operculum replicatum ad marginem; visa similiter, chloroplastus viridis, circularis vel ovalis sed saepe margine irregulariter lobato cum pyrenoide centrali. Extra chloroplastum, lobi obtusi incolorati, forma, ordine et numero irregulariter distributi, globulis numerosis ad basim loborum, unus per vacuolam parvam. A latere visum, operculum natans ferrugineum, errigens leniter ab margine sustinente. A latere visa, cellusa ipsa ellipsoidalis vel sphaerica ad segmentum curvatum affixa. Ex margine cellulae et contra operculum, lobi obtusi praesentes. Pars libera cellulae laevis, rotundata, vagina gelatinosa vice pariete celluloso manifesto. Chloroplastus parietalis contra curvaturam superficialem operculi, marginibus lobatis irregulariter sed cum lobis incoloratis prope basim alternantibus. Propagatio asexualis per zoosporas biflagellatas vel per aplanosporas. Propagatio sexualis non observata.

Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2020-05-03 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.

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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. 03 May 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024