Rhodelphis Tikhonenkov, Gawryluk, Mylnikov & P.J.Keeling, 2019

Holotype species: Rhodelphis limnetica Tikhonenkov, Gawryluk, Mylnikov & P.J.Keeling

Original publication and holotype designation: Gawryluk, R.M.R., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Hehenberger, E., Husnik, F., Mylnikov, A.P. & Keeling, P.J. (2019). Non-photosynthetic predators are sister to red algae. Nature 572(7768): 240-243, 3 figures, taxonomic supplementary information.

Description: Oval or tapered, slightly flattened rigid cells with an obliquely truncated anterior end, and two subapical heterodynamic flagella. Cell surface and posterior flagellum are covered with umbrella-shaped glycostyles. Flagellar transition zone with a transverse plate at the cell surface, and a proximal diaphragm through which a central pair of flagellar microtubules surrounded by a cylinder passes. The cisternae of smooth endoplasmic reticulum form a sac containing the nucleus and mitochondria with an opening opposite to the basal bodies.

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 2021-04-03 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

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

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

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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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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024