Proteomonas sulcata D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Cryptista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Pyrenomonadales
Family Geminigeraceae
Genus Proteomonas
Publication details
Proteomonas sulcata D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee 1986: 522-538, figs 1-58
Original publication: Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1986). Proteomonas sulcata gen. et sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae), a cryptomonad with two morphologically distinct and alternating forms. Phycologia 25: 521-543.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Proteomonas.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Description
Proteomonas haplomorph 7.0-10.5 microns long, 4.0-5.0 microns wide, slightly compressed; in lateral view anterior and posterios rounded, ventral margin straight, dorsal convex; in ventral view obovate: diplomorph 10.0-13.5 microns long, 5.0-6.0 microns wide, circular in transverse section; in lateral view narrowly elliptic to obovate, anteriorly projected; in ventral view narrowly obovate.
Type information
Type locality: Bass Strait at Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia (Hill & Wetherbee 1986: 523). Holotype: Fig. 1 (epitype) (Hill & Wetherbee 1986: 523). Notes: Holotype: from culture 'MUCC Cr8', isolated by D. Hill, on 4 February 1982.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Proteomonas sulcata D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee)
Europe: Italy (Cerino & Zingone 2007).
Australia and New Zealand: Victoria (Hill & Wetherbee 1986).
Key references
Cerino, F. & Zingone, A. (2007). A survey of cryptomonad diversity and seasonality at a coastal Mediterranean site. European Journal of Phycology 41: 363-378.
Throndsen, J. (1996). The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 591-730. San Diego: Academic Press.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 06 February 2007 by Wendy Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1986). Proteomonas sulcata gen. et sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae), a cryptomonad with two morphologically distinct and alternating forms. Phycologia 25: 521-543.
