Akraea Lortou & Gkelis, 2022

Holotype species: Akraea chliaropsychia Lortou & Gkelis

Original publication and holotype designation: Lortou, U., Panteris, E. & Gkelis, S. (2022). Uncovering new diversity of photosynthetic microorganisms from the Mediterranean region. Microorganisms 10(1571): 1-25, 8 figs.

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Description: Solitary vegetative cells spherical to irregular form, 9–18 µm in diameter, covered with mucilaginous sheath and sometimes arranged in colonies of randomly distributed cells. Chloroplast cup-shaped to reticulate with eyespot and one big pyrenoid surrounded by starch plates. Single nucleus. Starch and lipid droplets accumulate in chloroplasts in aged cultures. Thylakoids in bundles of different sizes and thicknesses. Asexual reproduction by aplanospores and may have zoospores.

Information contributed by: Oriignal description. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-03-09 by M.D. Guiry.

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

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

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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. 09 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 May 2024