Menoidium Perty, 1852

Holotype species: Menoidium pellucidum Perty

Original publication and holotype designation: Perty, M. (1852). Zur Kenntniss kleinster Lebensformen: nach Bau, Funktionen, Systematik, mit Specialverzeichniss der in der Schweiz beobachteten. pp. 1-228, 17 plates. Bern: Verlag von Jent & Reinert.

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Description: Colorless, osmotrophic (never phagotrophic), absolutely rigid flagellates, with one emergent flagellum mobile throughout its length during swimming (usually held straight when the cell is stationary); cells elongated, curved, strongly flattened, narrowly triangular or elliptical in cross-section, 15-75 ?m long; pellicle with delicate striations but not keeled; canal opening apical, anterior end of cell usually protruded into a narrow neck; cell contents include large paramylon links and typically show cytoplasmic streaming. Freshwater; cosmopolitan.

Information contributed by: G.F. Leedale. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-02-23 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Cavalier-Smith, T. (2016). Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa. European Journal of Protistology 56: 250–276, 2 figs.

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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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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