Woloszynskia R.H.Thompson, 1951

Holotype species: Woloszynskia reticulata R.H.Thompson

Original publication: Thompson, R.H. (1951 '1950'). A new genus and new species of fresh-water Pyrrophyta in the Desmokontae and Dinophyceae. Lloydia 13: 277-299.

Type designated in: Loeblich, A.R. & Loeblich, A.R. (1966). Index to the genera, subgenera, and sections of the Pyrrhophyta. Studies in Tropical Oceanography 3: [i]-x, 1-94, 1 plate.

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Description: Cells covered by many amphiesmal plates, of which those on the epicone are thin, smooth, whereas those on the hypocone are thicker, with distinct raised rims, giving the hypocone a honeycomb appearance. Cysts spherical or slightly rhomboid, covered by amphiesmal plates. The plates remain attached along one margin, thereby standing at right angles to the periphery of the cell. This gives the cyst a spiny appearance.

Information contributed by: Moestrup & Calado (2018). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-10-26 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Moestrup, Ø. & Calado, A.J. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Dinophyceae. Vol. 6 pp. [i]-xii, [1]-560, 421 figures. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.

Comments: Currently monotypic (October 2018).

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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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024