Diplopelta F.Stein ex E.Jørgensen, 1912
Holotype species: Diplopelta bomba F.Stein ex Jørgensen
Original publication and holotype designation: Jörgensen [Jørgensen], E. (1912). Bericht über die von der schwedischen Hydrographisch-Biologischen Kommission in den schwedischen Gewässern in den Jahren 1909-1910 eingesammelten Planktonproben. Svenska Hydrografisk-Biologiska Kommissionens Skrifter 4: 1-20.
Request PDFDescription: Medium-sized (30-70µm) thecate dinoflagellate of more or less lenticular shape with a median located circular cingulum. The sulcus is restricted to the hypocone and is characterized by a large flagellar pore and a large left sulcal list. Epitheca with an apical pore. Plate formula: Po, X, 3', 2a, 6", 4c, ?s, 5"', 2"". Thecal plates smooth, sometimes with large intercalary bands. Cytoplasm clear, sometimes red colored. Nucleus spherical, no chloroplasts; nutrition by pallium-feeding on diatoms and other phytoplankton. Cysts spherical with numerous spines. Lebouraia Abé is regarded by Balech and Akselman (1988) as not distinct from Diplopelta. Marine planktonic, worldwide in coastal waters.
Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2020-02-20 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: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.
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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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