Elongatocystis L.Krienitz & C.Bock, 2011

Holotype species: Elongatocystis ecballocystiformis (Iyengar) L.Krienitz & C.Bock

Original publication and holotype designation: Krienitz, L. & Bock, C. (2011). Elongatocystis ecballocystiformis gen. et comb. nov., and some reflections on systematics of Oocystaceae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Fottea 11(2): 271-278.

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Description: Cells green, solitary, elongated oval, at apices obtuse. Cell wall smooth, hyaline, thick and without polar thickenings. Facultatively with mucilaginous envelope. Chloroplasts 14 per cell, parietal, each containing a starchcovered pyrenoid. Propagation asexually by autosporulation (2, 4 or 8 autospores per mother cell).

Information contributed by: M.D. Guiry from original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-01-16 by Wendy Guiry.

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

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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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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 May 2024