Stichochrysis Pringsheim, 1955

Holotype species: Stichochrysis immobilis E.G.Pringsheim

Original publication and holotype designation: Pringsheim, E.G. (1955). Kleine Mitteilungen über Flagellaten und Algen I. Algenartige Chrysophyceen in Reinkultur. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 21: 401-410.

Description: Thallus short unbranched filament, mostly consisting of 2-4 cells. One-2 parietal chloroplasts. Reproduction by transverse division, then the new cells grow correspondingly in length. No swarmers or stomatocysts observed. Found in freshwater in U.S.A. It has been argued, based on studies of original cultures, that this organism in fact is a diatom and not a chrysophyte (Guillard and Hargraves, 1993).

Information contributed by: J. Kristiansen. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2012-01-29 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kristiansen, J. & Preisig, H.R. (2001). Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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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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