Thaumatomastix triangulata (I.M.Balonov) P.L.Beech & Moestrup 1986
Publication Details
Thaumatomastix triangulata (I.M.Balonov) P.L.Beech & Moestrup 1986
Published in: Beech, P.L. & Moestrup, Ø. (1986). Light and electron microscopical observations on the heterotrophic protist Thaumatomastix salina comb. nov. (syn. Chrysosphaerella salina) and its allies. Nordic Journal of Botany 6: 865-877.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Thaumatomastix is Thaumatomastix setifera (Lauterborn) Lemmermann.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Chrysosphaerella triangulata Balonov
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 15 November 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 April 2025
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Taxonomic note
"Transfer of the biflagellate freshwater colonial Chrysophaerella triangulata (Balanov 1980) to Thaumatomastix (Beech and Moestrup 1976) [1986] was wrong; Balonov called its longer anterior flagellum pinnate, feathery or plumose (in both Latin and Russian; i.e. evidently a hairy or tinsel heterokont flagellum) and described a profoundly dissected single chromatophore and stigma, but no groove. All four characters decisively contradict assignment to Thaumatomastix; its lateral flagellum is much shorter (opposite to Thaumatomastix) and Balanov observed neither gliding nor pseudopods." (Howe & al. 2011); but see Kapustin & Kulikovskiy (2022: 4, Table 1). - (10 August 2013) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025
