Kirithra Boutrup, Tillmann, Daugbjerg & Moestrup, 2017

Holotype species: Kirithra asteri Boutrup, Tillmann, Daugbjerg & Moestrup

Original publication and holotype designation: Boutrup, P.V., Moestrup, Ø., Tillmann, U. & Daugbjerg, N. (2017). Ultrastructure and phylogeny of Kirithra asteri gen. et sp. nov. (Ceratoperidiniaceae, Dinophyceae) - a free-living, thin-walled marine photosynthetic dinoflagellate from Argentina. Protist 168(5): 586-611, 16 fig. 1 table.

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Description: Cells motile and free-living. Thin-walled, but the amphiesmal vesicles contain botha honeycomb layer and a trilaminar layer. Apical structure complex forms a complete circle,consisting of three parallel series of vesicles, thecentral one possessing knobs. Flagellar basal bod-ies of almost opposite polarity. Ventral connectiveassociated with R1 flagellar root. Chloroplasts sur-rounded by three membranes, with centrally placedpyrenoids. Trichocysts present.

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-02-06 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.

Comments: Named from the Greek for "honeycomb", from the elaborate honeycomb layer present in the amphiesmal vesicles.

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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. 06 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024