Vitrella brassiciformis Oborník & al. 2012
Publication Details
Vitrella brassiciformis Oborník & al. 2012: 319, figs 1-54 (as 'brassicaformis')
Published in: Oborník, M., Modrý, D., Lukeš, M., Černotíková-Střibrná, E., Cihlář, J., Tesařová, M., Kotabová, E., Vancová, M., Prášil, O. & Lukeš, J. (2012). Morphology, ultrastructure and life cycle of Vitrella brassicaformis n. sp., n. gen., a novel chromerid from the Great Barrier Reef. Protist 163(2): 306-323, 55 figures.
Request PDFPublication date: 3 November 2011
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Vitrella.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Unicellular alga with secondary plastid surrounded
by four membranes. Immotile vegetative cells with laminated
cell walls represents a dominant stage in the culture; autosporangia
contain dozens of immotile autospores; zoosporangia
contain numerous motile biflagellate zoospores; plastids pigmented
by chlorophyll a, violaxantnin, vaucheriaxanthin and
ß-carotene, with chlorophyll c missing; vegetative cells and
autospores contain a prominent pyrenoid; sporangium carries
an operculum.
Created: 03 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 September 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
