Aureoscheda M.J.Wynne & R.A.Andersen, 2014

Holotype species: Aureoscheda bahamensis M.J.Wynne & R.A.Andersen

Publication details: M.J.Wynne & R.A.Andersen, 2014: 516

Original publication and holotype designation: Wynne, M.J., Andersen, R.A., Graf, L. & Yoon, H.S. (2014). Aureoscheda, a new genus of marine Pelagophyceae from the Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. Phycologia 53(5): 513-522.

Description: Mature thalli monostromatic sheets, up to 10 mm across; cells scattered, embedded in a gelatinous matrix, often in packets of 2-4 surrounded by a gelatinous layer or remnant parental cell wall. Cells ovoid, approximately 5-8 µm x 6-9 µm; thin cell wall or gel layer around some cells; each cell with one to two parietal chloroplasts. Zoospores and sexual reproduction unknown.

Information contributed by: Original description (combined gen. and species). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-10-08 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: Han, K.Y., Graf, L., Reyes, C.P., Melkonian, B., Andersen, R.A., Yoon, H.S. & Melkonian, M (2018). A re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its type locality and the descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov. Protist 169: 79-106, 12 figs, 2 tables.

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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. 08 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025