Emergococcus W.W.Miller, 1921

Holotype species: Emergococcus lucens W.W.Miller

Original publication: Miller, V.V. (1921). Algologiceskije nabljudenija. I. Dve novye formy zelenych vodoroslej. vyzyvajuscie cvetenie poverchnostnogo sloja vody. (Algologische Beobachtungen. I. Zwei neue Chlorophyceenformen, welche Wasserbliite hervorrufen.). lzvestia lvanovo-Vozncsenskogo Politech. Inst., Ivanovo-Voznesensk 4: 46-60.

Description: Solitary, spherical cells, 12 µm diameter. Cell walls smooth and thin. Cells ?uninucleate with many contractile vacuoles; chloroplast single and parietal with single pyrenoid. Asexual reproduction by biflagellate, naked zoospores. Emergococcus neustonic in freshwater; reported only from Russia. Genus poorly circumscribed and of doubtful taxonomic status. A primary feature of the genus is the persistence of inactive flagella in vegetative cells.

Information contributed by: D. Garbary. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-07-22 by Luka Sato.

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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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024