Pseudotrochiscia Vinatzer, 1975

Holotype species: Pseudotrochiscia areolata Vinatzer

Original publication and holotype designation: Vinatzer, G. (1975). Neue Bodenalgen aus den Dolomiten. Plant Systematics and Evolution 123: 213-235.

Description: Solitary, free-living, spherical cells with distinctly ornamented cell walls and without mucilaginous envelope. Cell walls form complex of hexagonal ridges over entire cell surface, with corners raised to form blunt projections. Cells 20-30 &m diameter. Cells uninucleate; chloroplast parietal and reticulate or fragmented, without pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction mostly by aplanospores, 3-4 &m diameter; numerous spores formed in each sporangium. Zoosporangia rare, with numerous biflagellate zoospores, 4 x 3 &m. Zoospores oval with pointed apex and anterior contractile vacuoles. Pseudotrochiscia from calcareous soil; known only in Europe from Tirolian Alps. Wall ornamentation distinctive and this should facilitate identification from other regions. Genus distinguished from Trochisciopsis by the absence of tetrads in spore formation. Ultrastructural studies required to determine relationships.

Information contributed by: D. Garbary. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-09-24 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Komárek, J. & Fott, B. (1983). Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen) Ordnung: Chlorococcales. Das Phytoplankton des Süsswassers. In: Das Phytoplankton des Süsswassers (Die Binnengewässer) XVI. 7. Teil 1. Hälfte. (Huber-Pestalozzi, G. Eds), pp. [1]-x, [1]-1044. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlangbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller).

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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. 24 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024