Bornetella Munier-Chalmas, 1877
Holotype species: Bornetella nitida (Munier-Chalmas) Sonder
Original publication and holotype designation: Munier-Chalmas, E. (1877). Observations sur les algues calcaires appartenant au groupe des Siphonées verticillées (Dasycladées Harv.) et confondues avec les Foraminifères. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 85: 814-817, 4 figures.
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Description: Thalli subspherical, oval to club-shaped unicells to 3 cm long. Reduced central siphonous axis apparently determinate enclosed even at apex by tight series of whorls of primary then secondary laterals, which expand and conjoin to form a grass green photosynthetic cortex slightly protruding through a layer of calcification. In B. sphaerica central siphon with ca. 200 nuclei from 2.5-10 &m diam. Parietal chloroplasts numerous and discoid, without stacked grana; pyrenoid absent. Gametangia modified secondary laterals located along primary laterals. Mature gametangia in B. sphaerica with ca. 2000 nuclei. Gametangia form uninucleate cysts which produce biflagellate gametes liberated through an ostiole formed by a structured operculum. Bornetella tropical to subtropical Pacific Southern Hemisphere. Most species with wide distributions, B. clavellina known only from southern Japan. Firmly attached to solid substrate in shallow subtidal, especially in coral reef lagoons. Most similar to Cymopolia and Neomeris and these genera often segregated in own subfamily.
Information contributed by: L.B. Liddle. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-08-22 by Luka Sato.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
