Cabra Sh.Murray & D.J.Patterson, 2004

Holotype species: Cabra matta Sh.Murray & D.J.Patterson

Publication details: Sh.Murray & D.J.Patterson, 2004: 230

Original publication and holotype designation: Murray, S. & Patterson, D.J. (2004). Cabra matta gen. nov., sp. nov., a new benthic, heterotrophic dinoflagellate. European Journal of Phycology 39(2): 229-234, 18 figures.

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Description: Heterotrophic thecate genus with cells more or less pentagonal and irregular in lateral view. Cells are strongly compressed and asymmetric, appearing different from the left as compared to the right side. The cingulum is markedly ascending: it is oblique in left lateral view while it is straight and located nearthe apex in the right view. It appears to be incomplete but the c3 plate possesses a narrow extension located ventrally between plates 4"' and 5" and reaching the sulcus. Three prominent pointed flanges are present on the antapical side (on the 1'", 5'" and 1'"' plates), while one is located on the anterior dorsal margin of the 3'" plate. The thecal ornamentation differs among species. Pores of two sizes are present. A particular area of dense pores orsmall depressions is present on the I"" plate, close to the sulcus. The nucleus is dorsal and cells often contain food-bodies.

Information contributed by: Hoppenrath & al. 2023. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-06-14 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: Yamaguchi, A., Wakeman, K.C., Hoppenrath, M., Horiguchi, T. & Kawai, H. (2018). Molecular phylogeny of the benthic dinoflagellate Cabra matta (Dinophyceae) from Okinawa, Japan. Phycologia 57(6): 630-640.

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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. 14 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 January 2025