Arachnochrysis R.A.Andersen & K.Y.Han, 2018

Holotype species: Arachnochrysis demoulinii R.A.Andersen & K.Y.Han

Original publication and holotype designation: Han, K.Y., Graf, L., Reyes, C.P., Melkonian, B., Andersen, R.A., Yoon, H.S. & Melkonian, M (2018). A re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its type locality and the descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov. Protist 169: 79-106, 12 figs, 2 tables.

Description: Benthic colonial form; cells held by a thin gel visible only after staining; cells irregularly or randomly distributed; chloroplasts with four finger-like lobes; pyrenoid present; oil droplets and peripheral granules present; zoospores with two flagella inserted laterally approximately 1/3 the distance from the anterior end; anterior flagellum longer and beating with a sinusoidal wave, posterior flagellum beating as a sculling oar at the back of a boat; distinguished from other members of the order by morphology and unique DNA sequences representing the 18S rRNA, psaA, psaB, psbA, psbC and rbcL genes.

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 2021-10-08 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: Han, K.Y., Graf, L., Reyes, C.P., Melkonian, B., Andersen, R.A., Yoon, H.S. & Melkonian, M (2018). A re-investigation of Sarcinochrysis marina (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) from its type locality and the descriptions of Arachnochrysis, Pelagospilus, Sargassococcus and Sungminbooa genera nov. Protist 169: 79-106, 12 figs, 2 tables.

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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. 08 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 December 2024