Calkinsia Lackey, 1960
Holotype species: Calkinsia aurea Lackey
Original publication and holotype designation: Lackey, J.B. (1960). Calkinsia aureus gen. et sp. nov., a new marine euglenid. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 79(1): 105-107, 1 plate.
Request PDFDescription: Elongated, ovoid, grooved flagellate, 40-50 - 10-15 µm, with 2 flagella emergent, heterodynamic, the longer directed anteriorly, the shorter curving posteriorly; osmotrophic, facultatively anaerobic; no chloroplasts but cell gold-colored. Insufficient characters to separate from Sphenomonas and probably a species of that genus. Marine; benthic.
Information contributed by: G.F.Leedale & Kostygov & al. (2021).. 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 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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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 25 November 2024
