Scourfieldia chlorolateralis Caljon 2005
Publication Details
Scourfieldia chlorolateralis Caljon 2005: 47, 49, pl. 6: fig.2
Published in: Caljon, A.G. (1987). Phytoplankton of a recently landlocked brackish-water lagoon of Lake Tanganyika: a systematic account. Hydrobiologia 153: 31-54.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scourfieldia is Scourfieldia complanata G.S.West.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Burundi Prov. Bujumbura, ditio Gatumba [Burundi]; (Caljon 1987: 49) "Holotypus: figura nostra Pl. 6/2": (Caljon 1987: 49)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Cells oblong cordiform, 6 x 3 µm, slightly laterally flattened, with an apical depression; two
equal flagella of 13-15 µm length emerging from the apical depression; chloroplast single,
parietal, green, with a parietal pyrenoid surrounded by a starch sheath; stigma and contractile
vacuoles not observed; this organism is related to Scourfieldia cordiformis Takeda (Ettl,
1983) but differs by the presence of a parietal chloroplast with pyrenoid and its more oblong
shape.
Habitat
Euryhaline lower brackish-water organism.
Created: 29 December 2007 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 August 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025
