Kufferathiella Molinari, Mayta & Guiry, 2021

Holotype species: Kufferathiella incrustans (Kufferath) Molinari, Mayta & Guiry

Original publication and holotype designation: Molinari-Novoa, E.A., Mayta, L.F., Sánchez Ocharan, C.E. & Guiry, M.D. (2021). Nomenclatural notes on algae. I. Replacement names for various algal taxa. Notulae Algarum 177: 1-9.

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Description: Cells globose, forming calcareous aggregations. Chloroplast axial, stellate, with one pyrenoid. Methods of reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Known only from the type locale in Belgium, is of questionable validity given the incomplete nature of the original description. Bourrelly (1966) suggests that it might be a species of Oocystis A. Braun, Trebouxia Puymaly or Oocardium Nägeli.

Information contributed by: G.E. Dillard. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-09 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 May 2024