Achradina Lohmann, 1903

Holotype species: Achradina pulchra Lohmann

Currently accepted name for the type species: Monaster rete F.Schütt

Original publication and holotype designation: Lohmann, H. (1902 '1903'). Neue Untersuchungen über den Reichthum des Meeres an Plankton und über die Brauchbarkeit der verschiedenen Fangmethoden. Zugleich auch ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Mittelmeerauftriebs. Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, Abteilung Kiel, Neue Folge 7: 1-87.

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Description: Cells elongated or ovoid, slightly compressed, of small to medium size (15 to 60 µm). Cingulum circular, slightly displaced to the apical region, thus epitheca smaller than hypotheca. Cells with internal, perhaps siliceous, skeleton which forms 2-3 chambers. No chloroplasts. Marine plankton, so far found only in the Mediterranean Sea and off California.

Information kindly contributed by M. Elbrächter but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of .

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Gómez, F. (2017). Synonymy of dinoflagellates with basket-like endoskeletons: Monaster, Amphilothus and Achradina (Amphilothales, Dinophyceae). CICIMAR Oceánides 32(1): [1-13].

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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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