Cryptomonas lundii Hoef-Emden & Melkonian 2003

Publication Details
Cryptomonas lundii Hoef-Emden & Melkonian 2003: 398, 399, fig 33

Published in: Hoef-Emden, K. & Melkonian, M. (2003). Revision of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a combination of molecular phylogeny and morphology provides insights into a long-hidden dimorphism. Protist 154: 371-409, 34 figs, 4 tables.

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Publication date: 17 October 2003

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptomonas is Cryptomonas ovata Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Garden of the Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Germany; (Hoef-Emden & Melkonian 2003: 399) Holotype: I.B. Reize; 1991; Pond; CCAC; CRYP.H.001 (Hoef-Emden & Melkonian 2003: 399) Notes: Holotype: Permanent slide taken from strain M0850.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Campylomorph cells flattened, without pyrenoids, in ventral view elliptical to ovoid, oblique anterior with apex to the left, subapically notched on right side, antapex rounded to oblique. In left or right lateral view, biconvex with oblique apex flattened to the ventral side, and rounded antapex. Single plastid composed of two connected pieces, occupying the left and right cell periphery, in apical view twisted to the right side in the posterior part of the cell. Cells (absolute minimal and maximal values of strain M0850) 19-30 microns long, 12-16 microns wide and 11-15 microns thick. Cryptomorph not known.

Created: 05 March 2007 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 June 2022

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