Epipyxis Ehrenberg, 1838
Holotype species: Epipyxis utriculus (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg
Original publication and holotype designation: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. pp. i-xviii, [1-4], 1-[548], 64 pls. Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss.
Request PDFDescription: Small loricate monads, epiphytic especially on filamentous algae. The lorica is cylindrical-fusiform, often with a basal stalk, in some species single, in other species attached on the outer side of another lorica, so that colonies are formed. Lorica consists of scales of fibrillar construction; the arrangement of scales varies, also their degree of flaring. These features, the lorica shape, and solitary or colonial habit, constitute species characters. The cell has 2 unequal flagella, one parietal chloroplast with a stigma. The organism is mixotrophic, and the flagella and their roots play an active role in capturing food. Stomatocysts are globular and slightly oblong, with a smooth wall; they are most often placed in the lorica mouth. Cell division and sexual reproduction unknown. Found mainly in freshwater ponds in temperate, subarctic and arctic regions of Europe and North America.
Information contributed by: J. Kristiansen. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-07-24 by Luka Sato.
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: Nicholls, K.H. & Wujek, D.E. (2003). Chrysophycean Algae. In: Freshwater Algae of North America. (Wehr, J.D. & Sheath, R.G. Eds), pp. 471-510. San Diego: Academic Press.
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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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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
