Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa A.Kushibiki, A.Yokoyama, M.Iwataki, J.Yokoyama, J.A.West & Y.Hara 2012
Publication Details
Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa A.Kushibiki, A.Yokoyama, M.Iwataki, J.Yokoyama, J.A.West & Y.Hara 2012: 116, figs 1-21
Published in: Kushibiki, A., Yokoyama, A., Iwataki, M., Yokoyama, J., West, J.A. & Hara, Y. (2012). New unicellular red alga, Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodellophyceae, Rhodophyta) from the mangroves of Japan: Phylogenetic and ultrastructural observations. Phycological Research 60: 114-122.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Bulboplastis.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Mangrove area at the estuary of the Shiira River, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan; (Kushibiki & al. 2012: 116) Holotype: 20 March 1984; TNS; AL-56981 (Kushibiki & al. 2012: 116) Notes: Holotype: Resin-embedded Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa (TNS-AL-56981), deposited in TNS (Department
of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cells solitary, spherical, 6.5-23.0 µm in diameter,
without a wall but surrounded by a thick mucilaginous
sheath. Single chloroplast grayish green, with many
extending lobes and without a pyrenoid. Peripheral thylakoid
absent. Plastoglobuli clusters present. Nucleus
central. Golgi bodies always in the perinuclear region.
Ring-shaped nucleus-associated organelles (NAOs)
associated with electron-dense material. Asexual reproduction
by fission. Sexual reproduction unknown. Mannitol
present as a LMWC.
Created: 05 June 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 June 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 June 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
