Oocystopsis Heynig, 1991
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Chlorophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Chlorophyta
Subphylum Chlorophytina
Class Trebouxiophyceae
Order Chlorellales
Family Oocystaceae
Holotype species: Oocystopsis granulata (Hortobágyi) Heynig
Original publication and holotype designation: Heynig, H. (1991). Oocystopsis n.g. – eine neue Gattung der Chlorophyceae (Chlorellales, Oocystaceae). Oocystopsis n.g. – a new genus of Chlorophyceae (Chlorellales, Oocystaceae) . Archiv für Protistenkunde 139: 291-294, 7 figs.
Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Description: Cells occasionally solitary, usually 208 within an ovoid to spherical mucilage envelope up to 40 &m in diameter which bears numerous superficial granulations. Cells ovoid, 8-12-(14) x 6-8-(11.2) &m, the cell walls smooth. Chloroplasts 1-2, parietal with one pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by (2)-4-8 autospores. Sexual reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Oocystopsis, planktonic, known only from freshwater in Germany and Hungary. Differs from Oocystis in having granulations on the mucilage envelope. Similar to Granulocystis and Granulocystopsis but lacks granulate cell walls characteristic of these two genera. Cells occasionally solitary, usually 208 within an ovoid to spherical mucilage envelope up to 40 &m in diameter which bears numerous superficial granulations. Cells ovoid, 8-12-(14) x 6-8-(11.2) &m, the cell walls smooth. Chloroplasts 1-2, parietal with one pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by (2)-4-8 autospores. Sexual reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Oocystopsis, planktonic, known only from freshwater in Germany and Hungary. Differs from Oocystis in having granulations on the mucilage envelope. Similar to Granulocystis and Granulocystopsis but lacks granulate cell walls characteristic of these two genera.
Information contributed by: G. Dillard. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 30 Jan 2017 by M.D. Guiry.
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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.
Created: 16 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 30 January 2017 by M.D. Guiry
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