Nephroselmis anterostigmatica Nakayama, Suda, Kawachi & I.Inouye 2007
Publication Details
Nephroselmis anterostigmatica Nakayama, Suda, Kawachi & I.Inouye 2007: 682, figs. 1-31
Published in: Nakayama, T., Suda, S., Kawachi, M. & Inouye, I. (2007). Phylogeny and ultrastructure of Nephroselmis and Pseudoscourfieldia (Chlorophyta), including the description of Nephroselmis anterostigmatica sp. nov. and a proposal for the Nephroselmidales ord. nov. Phycologia 46: 680-697.
Request PDFPublication date: 2007
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nephroselmis is Nephroselmis olivacea F.Stein.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Palau Islands, Republic of Palau; (Nakayama & al. 2007: 682) Holotype: fig. 19: 2000; Coastal water; (Nakayama & al. 2007: 682) Notes: The strain MBIC 11158, used for the holotype figure, is deposited in the National Institute of Technology and Evolution as NBRC 103013.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells free-living, flattened, ovate, with asymmetrical ventral face, 4.5-7 microns long, 4-5-7 microns wide and 2.5-3.5 microns thick. Two unequal heterodynamic flagella, c. 10 microns and c. 20 microns long, inserted ventrally. The long flagellum extends posteriorly in the resting cell. A single chloroplast, green or yellowish green, parietal, dorsal, with narrow sinuses, a conspicuous pyrenoid with tubular thylakoids, and a large anterior eyespot. Body scales of five types; scales of innermost layer small, square; scales of second layer small, square, with high central boss; scales of third layer small, stellate; large spiny scales c.120nm in in height, unipolar, with 11 spines; large spiny scales c. 200nm in height, bipolar, with 16 spines. Flagella without third layer of scale. T-hair without proximal subunits. P1-hairs on the short falgellum. No pit and tip hairs
Created: 13 March 2008 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 December 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
