Helicopedinella Sekiguchi, Kawachi, Nakayama & I.Inouye, 2003
Holotype species: Helicopedinella tricostata (Roukhiyajnen) Sekiguchi, Kawachi, Nakayama & Inouye
Original publication and holotype designation: Sekiguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Nakayama, T. & Inouye, I. (2003). A taxonomic re-evaluation of the Pedinellales (Dictyochophyceae), based on morphological, behavioural and molecular data. Phycologia 42(2): 165-182, 40 figs, 3 tables.
Description: Cells solitary, uniflagellate, free-swimming, radially symmetrical with anterior tentacles. Stalk coiled, lacking ability to attach to substratum. Three chloroplasts, with embedded pyrenoids. Cells autotrophic. Body and flagellar scales absent. Cysts unknown.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-12-11 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. 11 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024