Bulboplastis A.Kushibiki, A.Yokoyama, M.Iwataki, J.Yokoyama, J.A.West & Y.Hara, 2012

Holotype species: Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa A.Kushibiki, A.Yokoyama, M.Iwataki, J.Yokoyama, J.A.West & Y.Hara

Original publication and holotype designation: Kushibiki, A., Yokoyama, A., Iwataki, M., Yokoyama, J., West, J.A. & Hara, Y. (2012). New unicellular red alga, Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodellophyceae, Rhodophyta) from the mangroves of Japan: Phylogenetic and ultrastructural observations. Phycological Research 60: 114-122.

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Description: Cells solitary, spherical, 6.5-23.0 µm in diameter, without a wall but surrounded by a thick mucilaginous sheath. Single chloroplast grayish green, with many extending lobes and without a pyrenoid. Peripheral thylakoid absent. Plastoglobuli clusters present. Nucleus central. Golgi bodies always in the perinuclear region. Ring-shaped nucleus-associated organelles (NAOs) associated with electron-dense material. Asexual reproduction by fission. Sexual reproduction unknown. Mannitol present as a LMWC.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2012-06-05 by Michael Guiry.

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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