Urceolus Mereschkowsky, 1879

Holotype species: Urceolus alenizinii Mereschkowsky

Original publication and holotype designation: Mereschkowsky, C. von (1879). Studien über Protozoen des nördlichen Russlands. Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie 16: 153-248, pls X, XI.

Description: Colorless, phagotrophic flagellates, with special ingestion apparatus consisting of 2 separate rods and 4 vanes supporting a cytostome, the rods being composed of packed microtubules and matrix (Farmer, 1988) as in Peranema; one emergent flagellum only, directed anteriorly, straight during gliding; cell semi-rigid, capable of squirming movements, with a characteristic flared, funnel-shaped collar surrounding an anterior depression into which open the canal and independent cytostome. Freshwater and marine; cosmopolitan.

Information contributed by: G.F. Leedale. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-06-10 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 masculine.

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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024