Micrasterias C.Agardh ex Ralfs, 1848
Lectotype species: Micrasterias furcata C.Agardh ex Ralfs
Original publication: Ralfs, J. (1848). The British Desmidieae The drawings by Edward Jenner, A.L.S. pp. [i]-xxii, [i], [1]-226, 35 pls. London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve, King William Street, Strand.
Request PDFType designated in: Bicudo, C.E.M. & Sormus, L. (1977). Typification of the generic desmid name Micrasterias Desmidiaceae. Taxon 26(2-3): 322-323.
Description: Cells are small to large, usually solitary (M. foliacea is filamentous), with a very deep median constriction (isthmus). Other shallow or deep incisions usually divide each semicell into apical lobe and two lateral lobes, which could be further subdivided. Semicells of M. ralfsii and M. dickiei are undivided. Cells are usually flattened and disc-shaped (M. dickiei has elliptic, triradiate cells). Some species have small or large protuberances, processes, or spines. There is usually one chloroplast per semicell, containing few to numerous pyrenoids. The nucleus is localized in the isthmus.
Information contributed by: emend. Skaloud, Nemjova, Vesela, Cerna et Neustupa (2011). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-02-02 by M.D. Guiry.
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: Skaloud, P., Nemjová, K., Veselá, J., Cerná K. & Neustupa, J. (2011). A multilocus phylogeny of the desmid genus Micrasterias (Streptophyta): evidence for the accelerated rate of morphological evolution in protists. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 933-943.
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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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