Lingulaulax M.J.Head, K.N.Mertens & R.A.Fensome, 2024

Holotype species: Lingulaulax polyedra (F.Stein) M.J.Head, K.N.Mertens & R.A.Fensome

Original publication and holotype designation: Head, M.J., Mertens, K.N. & Fensome, R.A. (2024). Dual nomenclature in organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts I: concepts, methods and applications. Palynology 48(2, 2290200): [1–25], 5 figures, 3 tables.

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Description: A lingulodiniacean genus in which the motile cell has no pronounced spines or horns and the plate formula APC (po, X, cp), 3', 3a, 6'', 6c, 7s, 5'''' (2'''*–6'''*), 1p, 1''''. The 3' plate is small, and positioned along the right side of the apical pore. The cingulum is offset by up to about two cingular widths, and the sulcus is straight (L-type ventral organisation). Thecal plates are thick with circular depressions over the surface of the plates. Cingular and sulcal lists are present. Plate 6'' is 5-sided. Torsion is dextral. Resting cysts when present have a precingular archeopyle, and if processes occur, they are non- sutural in distribution. (Adapted in part from Dodge 1989, 291.)

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 2024-07-15 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.

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