Pontosphaera Lohmann, 1902
Lectotype species: Pontosphaera syracusana Lohmann
Original publication: Lohmann, H. (1902). Die Coccolithophoridae, eine Monographie der Coccolithen bildenden Flagellaten, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Mittelmeerauftriebs. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1(1): 89-165, 3 pls [4-6].
Request PDFType designated in: Loeblich, A.R. & Tappan, H. (1963). Type fixation and validation of certain calcareous nannoplankton genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76: 191-196.
Description: Geisselpol der Schale von Coccolithen bedeckt, ohne Mündung. Die Geissel tritt durch eine Pore nach außen. Die Coccolithen sind meist scheibenförmig mit verdicktem Rande, selten napfförmig; im letzteren Falle liegen sie aber immer mit ihrer Fläche der Schalenmembran auf. Die Zelle enthält 1-2 große, platten- förmige Chromatophoren. Soweit beobachtet, ist stets nur eine Geissel vorhanden. Die Schalenneubildung unter Degeneration der alten Schale ist eine sehr lebhafte, so daß Individuen mit zwei oder drei Schalen niebt gerade selten sind.
Origin of description: this description is from the original publication; it may have been modified slightly. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2021-10-07 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: 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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
