Strombomonas Deflandre, 1930

Holotype species: Strombomonas verrucosa (E.Daday) Deflandre

Original publication and holotype designation: Deflandre, G. (1930). Strombomonas nouveau genere d'euglénacées (Trachelomonas Ehr. pro parte). Archiv für Protistenkunde 69: 551-614, 143 figs. [in French]

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Description: Solitary, free-swimming, green, Euglena-like cells, mostly 25-50 _ 15-35 _m, completely enclosed in an envelope which tapers gradually to the apical pore, with no sharply defined neck or collar; the mature envelope usually remains colorless or pale yellow, smooth or rough, non-brittle and without ornamentation (no pores, punctae, spines or ridges); other characters as Trachelomonas; numerous species, varieties and forms differ in size and shape of envelope; chloroplasts discoid or flat with inwardly projecting pyrenoids. The genus was established by Deflandre (1930) for species and varieties previously placed in Trachelomonas; boundaries between the 2 genera remain imprecise. Strombomonas has been reviewed by Conrad and Van Meel (1952) who divided it into 4 sections on envelope characters. Freshwater; cosmopolitan.

Information contributed by: G.F. Leedale. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-01-01 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: Cavalier-Smith, T. (2016). Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa. European Journal of Protistology 56: 250–276, 2 figs.

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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. 01 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024