Notosolenus A.Stokes, 1884

Lectotype species: Notosolenus apocamptus (A.Stokes) A.Stokes

Original publication and holotype designation: Stokes, A.C. (1884). Change of generic name Solenotus. American Journal of Science 128(164): 158.

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Description: Colorless, rigid, ovoid, flattened (usually very flat) cells, concavo-convex in cross-section or with keels; mostly small, up to 20 _ 10 _m, a few up to 35-40 _m long; canal opening subapical, with 2 emergent flagella, unequal, heterodynamic, the longer directed anteriorly during swimming, the shorter trailing; phagotrophic but no ingestion organelle visible in the light microscope. Genus reviewed by Skuja (1939). Freshwater, characteristically in bog-pools and sediments; Europe, Asia and the Americas. Colorless, rigid, ovoid, flattened (usually very flat) cells, concavo-convex in cross-section or with keels; mostly small, up to 20 _ 10 _m, a few up to 35-40 _m long; canal opening subapical, with 2 emergent flagella, unequal, heterodynamic, the longer directed anteriorly during swimming, the shorter trailing; phagotrophic but no ingestion organelle visible in the light microscope. Genus reviewed by Skuja (1939). Freshwater, characteristically in bog-pools and sediments; Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Information contributed by: G.F. Leedale. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2020-09-28 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 masculine.

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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