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Parapedinella reticulata gen. et sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae) from Danish waters
Author(s) -
Pedersen Steffen Mariager,
Beech Peter Luke,
Thomsen Helge Abildhauge
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1986.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - biology , flagellum , brackish water , botany , algae , zoology , ecology , paleontology , bacteria , salinity
Parapedinella reticulata gen. et sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae) is described on the basis of light microscopy of living material, and also by means of electron microscopy of shadowcast whole mounts prepared from water samples collected in 1981 at some Danish brackish water localities. Additional information is provided by material from a marine habitat in southern Australia. The new taxon comprises small, colourless flagellates possessing a single projecting flagellum which carries tripartite hairs. The membrane of the flagellum is expanded into a sheath which is supported along the edge by a paraxial rod. The cells are covered with delicate scales and possess numerous slender protoplasmic axopodia which are retractable.