Wislouchiella Skvortsov, 1925
Holotype species: Wislouchiella planctonica Skvortsov
Original publication and holotype designation: Skvortsov, B.V. (1925). Wislouchiella planctonica, novyy rod i vid iz gruppy Volvocales [Wislouchiella planctonica nov. Gen. et Sp. of Volvocales from North Manchuria]. Trudy Sungariyskoy rechnoy biologicheskoy stantsii 1(1): 27-29, 3 figures. [in Russian with English abstract]
Request PDFDescription: Unicellular,biflagellate, uninucleate alga with protoplast contained in stronglycompressed, firm lorica. Lorica 19-21 um wide, 25-30 um long including"wings", with broad, wing-like expansion, and with surface beset withcolorless to brownish, minute verrucae. In broad front and narrow sideviews, each compressed face of the lorica with 2 blunt, conical to cylindricalprojections; one projects anteriorly from origin near lorica apex, the otherprojects posteriorly from origin near level of protoplast base. Invertical view, projections on opposite faces of lorica axial to each other,with plane of superior pair lying at an angle to plane of inferior pair.Protoplast ovoid to ellipsoid, not filling lumen of lorica. Chloroplastprincipally cup-shaped with basal pyrenoid and anterior stigma. Twocontractile vacuoles at base of flagella.Methodof reproduction unknown.Unicellular,biflagellate, uninucleate alga with protoplast contained in stronglycompressed, firm lorica. Lorica 19-21 um wide, 25-30 um long including"wings", with broad, wing-like expansion, and with surface beset withcolorless to brownish, minute verrucae. In broad front and narrow sideviews, each compressed face of the lorica with 2 blunt, conical to cylindricalprojections; one projects anteriorly from origin near lorica apex, the otherprojects posteriorly from origin near level of protoplast base. Invertical view, projections on opposite faces of lorica axial to each other,with plane of superior pair lying at an angle to plane of inferior pair.Protoplast ovoid to ellipsoid, not filling lumen of lorica. Chloroplastprincipally cup-shaped with basal pyrenoid and anterior stigma. Twocontractile vacuoles at base of flagella.Methodof reproduction unknown.
Information contributed by: G.E. Dillard. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-02-19 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Skvortsov, B.V. (1927). Über neue Chlamydomonaden aus der Mandschurei. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 18: 133-134, 9 figures.
Comments: Wislouchiella is a rare freshwater genus known only from USA andtype locality in Manchuria
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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. 19 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
