Saturnella Mattauch & Pascher, 1936

Holotype species: Saturnella elegans Mattauch & Pascher

Original publication and holotype designation: Mattauch, F. (1936). Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Verlandungserscheinungen am Hirschberger Grossteich. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 54: 377-426.

Description: Cells solitary with single spherical protoplast with expanded equatorial flange; in optical section cells fusiform. Cells 15-38 &m across equator x 10 -22 &m. Cell walls smooth. Cells uninucleate; chloroplast single or double, with or without pyrenoids. Asexual reproduction by autospores; (2-) 8 (-12) spores per cell. Sexual reproduction and flagellated stages unknown. Saturnella benthic and associated with moors and Sphagnum, or possible planktonic; reported from Europe. Generic concept variable, some recent authors do not include the second species (S. corticola) in the genus.

Information contributed by: O.L. Reymond & D. Garbary. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2016-10-17 by M.D. Guiry.

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

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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. 17 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024