Exanthemachrysis gayraliae Lepailleur 1970
Publication Details
Exanthemachrysis gayraliae Lepailleur 1970: 931, figs, 1-4 (as 'gayralii')
Published in: Lepailleur, H. (1970). Sur un nouveau genre de Chrysophycées: Exanthemachrysis nov. gen. (E. gayralii nov. sp.). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. Série D, Sciences Naturelles 270(3): 928-931. [in French]
Request PDFPublication date: February 16
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Exanthemachrysis.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: estuary of the Orne, France; (Tan, Cunningham, Youmans, Grabowski, Sun & Gantt 1995) Type: mud; (INA 1996)
Eponomy
Named for Professor Paulette Gayral-Engerbaud, Université de Caen (1921-2002).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Dominant stage of non-motile cells slightly ovate, embedded in
a multilayered mucilage. Brownish-green parietal plastid with a
bulging pyrenoid forming a protuberance on the cell body. Motile
metabolic cells with three naked appendages and a distal string
of pearl-like structures on the posterior flagellum attenuation.
Bulging pyrenoid delimited from chloroplast stroma by globules
forming an eyespot near the insertion of the appendages.
Created: 03 September 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 18 December 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
