Proteomonas sulcata D.R.A.Hill & Wetherbee 1986
Publication Details
Proteomonas sulcata D.R.A.Hill & Wetherbee 1986: 522-538, figs 1-58
Published in: 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.
Request PDFType 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.
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.
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), ploughed, sulcated.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
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.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 October 2016
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 May 2024
