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Light and electron microscopical observations on the heterotrophic protist Thaumatomastix salina comb. nov. (syn. Chrysosphaerella salina) and its allies

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posted on 2024-06-03, 22:54 authored by PL Beech, O Moestrup
The marine flagellates presently known as the chrysophytes Chrysosphaerella salina and C. tripus Takahashi & Hara have been refound and studied with light microscopy and whole mounts for electron microscopy. Based on material from Australia and Denmark (the latter from the type locality), C. salina is shown to be a colourless protist related to Reckertia sagittifera Conrad. It is characterized by a combination of flagellar features previously thought to be restricted to Reckertia, i.e. a short anterior flagellum which is scale‐clad, and a longer, usually posterior but naked flagellum. The scales on the body are shown to be silicified. The new light microscopical studies have also shown considerable resemblance between C. salina, C. tripus and the genus Thaumatomastix Lauterborn. C. salina and C. tripus are therefore transferred to this genus together with Reckertia and the 2 marine species described since 1980 as belonging to Chrysosphaerella, C. triangulata Balonov and C. patelliformis Takahashi & Hara. Thaumatomastix bipartita sp.nov. is illustrated and described. Chrysosphaerella appears to be a genus of photosynthetic, colony‐forming chrysophytes restricted to freshwater habitats. Thaumatomastix is a genus of heterotrophic protists, usually solitary, which occurs in both marine and freshwater environments. The two genera show little, if any, phylogenetic relationship to each other.

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Journal

Nordic journal of botany

Volume

6

Pagination

865-877

Location

Chichester, Eng.

ISSN

0107-055X

Language

English

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1986, Blackwell Publishing

Issue

6

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

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