Sinophysis D.Nie & C.-C.Wang, 1944

Holotype species: Sinophysis microcephala D.Nie & C.-C.Wang

Original publication and holotype designation: Nie, D. & Wang, C.-C. (1944). Dinoflagellata of the Hainan Region. VIII. On Sinophysis microcephalus, a new genus and species of Dinophysidae. Sinensia 15: 145-151.

Description: Thecate genus with dinophysoid tabulation. Strongly laterally flattened cells with very small epitheca with apical pore. Accessory (ventral) pore present in some species. Slightly descending deep cingulum nearly hidden by the postcingularlist. Cingular lists are smooth without ribs and inclining/directed upwards. Sulcus nearly completely hidden behind the left sulcal list. Right sulcal list absent or hidden. Sulcus "displaced" on the right lateral cell side. Nucleus posterior in the hyposome.

Information contributed by: Hoppenrath & al. 2023. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-06-14 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.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kawai, H. & Nakayama, T. (2015). Introduction (Heterokontobionta p.p.), Cryptophyta, Dinophyta, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta (except Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae), Chlorarachniophyta, Euglenophyta. In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. Ed. 13. Phototrophic eukaryotic Algae. Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Haptophyta, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachnniophyta/Cercozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 11-64, 103-139. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

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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. 14 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 July 2024