Mamiella Ø.Moestrup, 1984

Holotype species: Mamiella gilva (Parke & Rayns) Moestrup

Original publication and holotype designation: Moestrup, Ø. (1984). Further studies on Nephroselmis and its allies (Prasinophyceae). II. Mamiella gen. nov., Mamiellaceae fam. nov., Mamiellales ord. nov.. Nordic Journal of Botany 4: 109-121.

Description: Bean-shaped flagellates with two flagella of almost equal length inserted ventrally. The cell contains a single parietal chloroplast with a pyrenoid. Stigma located on the pyrenoid surface. The cell further contains ejectile bodies, probably mucocysts. All cell surfaces are covered with unmineralized scales. The flagella bear two nearly opposite rows of hair-shaped scales interspersed among rows of spiderweb scales each with a single anterior spine. The cell body is covered with two types of spineless spiderweb scales. Sexual reproduction unknown.

Information contributed by: Ø. Moestrup. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2014-09-22 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Chrétiennot-Dinet, M.-J. (1990). Atlas du phytoplancton marin. Volume III: Chlorarachnophycées, Chlorophycées, Chrysophycées, Cryptophycées, Euglénophycées, Eustigmatophycées, Prasinophycées, Prymnesiophycées, Rhodophycées et Tribophycées Avec la collaboration de Chantal Billard et Alain Sournia. pp. [1]-261. Paris: Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 15, quai Anatole France - 75700 Paris.

Comments: Studies on the ultrastructure of M. gilva were carried out by Parke & Rayns (1964) and Moestrup (1984).

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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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024