Flintiella F.D.Ott, 1970

Holotype species: Flintiella sanguinaria F.D.Ott

Original publication and holotype designation: Bourrelly, P. (1970). Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. pp. 1-512, 5 figs, 138 plates. Paris: Boubée & Cie.

Description: Spherical cells united in gelatinous matrix, each with massive, parietal, reddish chloroplast without pyrenoid. Cell diam. 9-20 (45) µm. Reproduction by cell division. Sexual reproduction unknown. Mitosis examined ultrastructurally. Nucleus-associated organelle a polar ring. At prometaphase, 1 or 2 microtubule-containing cytoplasmic invaginations penetrate nucleus at each pole. At metaphase, intranuclear spindle associated with chromosomal plate; nuclear envelope intact except polar gaps. Elongated anaphase interzonal midpiece; breaks down at telophase. Chloroplast constricted by cleavage furrow. Pigments include phycoerythrin, R-phycocyanin, chlorophyll a, zeaxanthin, ß-carotene. Floridean starch grains up to 3.5 µm, an alpha1,4-linked glucopyranoside with 1,6 branches.

Information contributed by: R.G. Sheath. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2010-10-04 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Sheath, R.G. (2003). Red Algae. In: Freshwater Algae of North America, Ecology & Classification. (Wehr, J.D. & Sheath, R.G. Eds), pp. 197-224. San Diego: Academic Press.

Comments: Found in Barton Springs, Austin, Texas (USA) in autumn. Total solids 513 mg 1^-1, 301 mg 1^-1 O₃^-1, pH 6.9.

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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. 04 October 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024