Veerella R.A.Andersen & Wetherbee, 2024

Holotype species: Veerella venusta R.A.Andersen & Wetherbee

Original publication and holotype designation: Andersen, R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (2024). Description of Veerella venusta gen. et sp. nov. (Pelagophyceae) for the invalid designation "Ankylochrysis lutea". Notulae Algarum 357: 1–4, 4 figures.

Description: Flagellate unicells, bean-shaped, typically 4–5 µm in width and 6–8 µm in length, dividing cells up to 10 µm in diameter; a single parietal golden chloroplast, along the ventral and lateral surfaces; pyrenoid often present; two heterokont flagella inserted in the ventral surface of the cell between 1/3 and 1/2 the cell length from the anterior end; anterior (immature) flagellum approximately as long as the cell, posterior (mature) flagellum extending to near the posterior end of the cell; chrysolaminarin-like storage product in one or two large vacuoles located in the posterior and dorsal sides of the cell; GenBank gene sequences HQ710571, HQ710614,HQ710665, HQ710720, HQ710765 unique and distinctive. The genus is classified in the family Pelagomonadaceae R.A.Andersen & G.W.Saunders.

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 2024-11-18 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. 18 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 December 2024