Protozoa Guide review

Aureococcus

genus

Description

in Sieburth et al. , 1988 Solitary coccoid cells, spherica l or subspherical ; without a ce ll wall ; single pa rietal chloroplast with an emersed pyreno id ; flagellate cells and cysts un known ; marin e plan ktoni c organism forming dense blooms in coastal bays ; monospecific genus. See Sieburth et al., 1988. 1988 (Fig . 2) . Cells 1.5-4 )..l m in diameter. AE Fi g. 2. Aureococcus anophagefferens. C, c hl o roplas t ; N, nucleus; P, pyrenoid . Scale=1 )..lm . chloroplast ; G, Golgi body; N, nucleus; P, stalked pyrenoid ;. Scale=1 ~~ m .

Type species

Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargrave s & Sieburth, 1988 in Si eburth et al. ,

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in Sieburth et al. , 1988
Solitary coccoid cells, spherica l or subspherical ;
without a ce ll wall ; single pa rietal chloroplast
with an emersed pyreno id ; flagellate cells and
cysts un known ; marin e plan ktoni c organism
forming dense blooms in coastal bays ;
monospecific genus. See Sieburth et al., 1988.
1988 (Fig . 2) . Cells 1.5-4 )..l m in diameter.
AE
Fi g. 2. Aureococcus anophagefferens. C, c hl o roplas t ;
N, nucleus; P, pyrenoid . Scale=1 )..lm .
chloroplast ; G, Golgi body; N, nucleus; P, stalked
pyrenoid ;. Scale=1 ~~ m .