Vitrella Oborník & al., 2012

Holotype species: Vitrella brassiciformis Oborník & al.

Original publication and holotype designation: Oborník, M., Modrý, D., Lukeš, M., Černotíková-Střibrná, E., Cihlář, J., Tesařová, M., Kotabová, E., Vancová, M., Prášil, O. & Lukeš, J. (2012). Morphology, ultrastructure and life cycle of Vitrella brassicaformis n. sp., n. gen., a novel chromerid from the Great Barrier Reef. Protist 163(2): 306-323, 55 figures.

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Description: Unicellular alga with secondary plastid surrounded by four membranes. Immotile vegetative cells with laminated cell walls represents a dominant stage in the culture; autosporangia contain dozens of immotile autospores; zoosporangia contain numerous motile biflagellate zoospores; plastids pigmented by chlorophyll a, violaxantnin, vaucheriaxanthin and ß-carotene, with chlorophyll c missing; vegetative cells and autospores contain a prominent pyrenoid; sporangium carries an operculum.

Information contributed by: Original description.. The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-09-14 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: Adl, S.M., Bass, D., Lane, C.E., Lukeš, J., Schoch, C.L., Smirnov, A., Agatha, S., Berney, C., Brown, M.W., Burki, F., Cárdenas, P., Čepička, I., Chistyakova, L., Del Campo, J. Dunthorn, M., Edvarsen, B., Eglit, Y., Guillou, L., Hampl, V., Heiss, A.A., Hoppenrath, M., James, T.Y., Karnkowska, A., Karpov, S., Kim, E.S., Kolisko, M., Kudryavtsev, A., Lahr, D.J.G., Lara, E., Le Gall, L., Lynn, D.H., Mann, D.G., Massana, R., Mitchell, E.A.D., Morrow, C., Park, J.S., Pawlowski, J.W., Powell, M.J., Richter, D.J., Rueckert, S., Shadwick, L., Shimano, S., Spiegel, F.W., Torruella, G., Youssef, N., Zlatogursky, V. & Zhang, Q.Q. (2019). Revisions to the classification, nomenclature, and diversity of Eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 66: 4-119, 1 figure, 2 table, 3 appendices.

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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 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024