Resultor Moestrup, 1991, nom. inval.
Holotype species: Resultor mikron Moestrup
Currently accepted name for the type species: Resultomonas moestrupii B.Marin
Original publication and holotype designation: Moestrup, Ø. (1991). Further studies of presumedly primitive green algae, including the description of Pedinophyceae class. nov. and Resultor gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 27: 119-133.
Request PDFDescription: Very small flagellate with single flagellum which is usually curved around the body. The flagellum occasionally stretches out quickly to full length but immediately rolls up around the body again. The cell may swim for a short distance with the flagellum undulating behind the cell. The cell contains a single chloroplast with a pyrenoid. A stigma is located on the pyrenoid surface. A cell wall is lacking and both flagellar and body surfaces are without scales of any kind. The only known species is widely distributed (Norway, Denmark, Australia, Japan), and probably occurs in most if not all seas. Certain species presently included in the genus Pedinomonas, but not examined critically with electron microscopy, may belong to Resultor. The ultrastructure of Resultor was described by Moestrup (1991) when erecting the class Pedinophyceae, a class of supposedly primitive (ancient) green flagellates with little known phylogenetic affinity to other green algae. Very small flagellate with single flagellum which is usually curved around the body. The flagellum occasionally stretches out quickly to full length but immediately rolls up around the body again. The cell may swim for a short distance with the flagellum undulating behind the cell. The cell contains a single chloroplast with a pyrenoid. A stigma is located on the pyrenoid surface. A cell wall is lacking and both flagellar and body surfaces are without scales of any kind. The only known species is widely distributed (Norway, Denmark, Australia, Japan), and probably occurs in most if not all seas. Certain species presently included in the genus Pedinomonas, but not examined critically with electron microscopy, may belong to Resultor. The ultrastructure of Resultor was described by Moestrup (1991) when erecting the class Pedinophyceae, a class of supposedly primitive (ancient) green flagellates with little known phylogenetic affinity to other green algae.
Information kindly contributed by Ø. Moestrup but may now be outdated.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Resultomonas.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Throndsen, J. (1996). The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 591-730. San Diego: Academic Press.
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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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