Oblea Balech, 1966
Holotype species: Oblea baculifera Balech
Original publication and holotype designation: Balech, E. (1964). El plancton de Mar del Plata durante el periodo 1961-1962 (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Boletín del Instituto de Biología Marina, Mar del Plata 4(5 plates): 1-49.
Request PDFDescription: Small-to-medium-sized (18-55 µm) thecate dinoflagellate of spherical shape with a median and circular cingulum. Sulcus restricted to the hypocone, has at the left side a conspicuous list and is characterized by a prominent flagellar pore. A small apical horn may be present. Plate formula: Po, X, 3', 1a, 6", 4c, 6s, 5"', 2"". First apical plate 5-sided. Thecal plates smooth, sometimes with broad intercalary bands. Cytoplasm clear, nucleus spherical, no chloroplasts, nutrition by pallium-feeding on diatoms and other phytoplankton. Cysts round, smooth, brown in color. Marine plankton, in coastal waters. Emend. (Liu et al., 2015: 221).
Information contributed by: M. Elbrächter. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-03-09 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
