Glossomastix chrysoplasta C.J.O'Kelly 2002
Publication Details
Glossomastix chrysoplasta C.J.O'Kelly 2002: 68-70, figs 1- 24
Published in: O'Kelly, C.J. (2002). Glossomastix chrysoplasta n. gen., n. sp. (Pinguiophyceae), a new coccoidal, colony-forming golden alga from southern Australia. Phycological Research 50(1): 67-74.
Request PDFPublication date: March 2002
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Glossomastix.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Sorrento Back Beach, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.; (O'Kelly 2002: 68) Holotype: sandstone rubble; US National Museum of Natural History; US 204260 (Algae Collection) (O'Kelly 2002: 68) Notes: Holotype: Resin-embedded cells. Living material deposited as strain CCMP 1537 in the Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Marine alga with the principal characters of the genus. Chloroplasts with semiembedded pyrenoids, traversed by cytoplasmic channels. Vegetative cells uninucleate, 5.0-13.0 µm diameter. Zoospores 4.0-6.0 µm across and up to twice as long as wide, the chloroplasts without eyespots.
Created: 22 January 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 March 2007
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 March 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
