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Pycnococcaceae
Pycnococcaceae is a family (biology), family of green algae in the order Pseudoscourfieldiales. The defining features of this family include the single invagination of the pyrenoid where the mitochondrial membrane fits into it Guillard ''et al.'' 1991 Pycnococcus provasolii, ''a coccoid prasinoxanthin containing phytoplankter from the Western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.'' Journal of Phycology 27:39–47. and the "decapore" - a ring of 10 pores through the thick cell wall.Sieburth ''et al.'' 1999 ''Widespread occurrence of the oceanic ultraplankter'' Prasinococcus capsulatus ''(Prasinophyceae), the diagnostic "Golgi-Decapore complex" and the newly discovered polysaccharide "capsulan"'' References External links Green algae families Pyramimonadophyceae {{green algae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudoscourfieldia
''Pseudoscourfieldia'' is a genus of green algae in the family Pycnococcaceae. The genus name of ''Scourfieldia'' is in honour of David Joseph Scourfield Fellow of the Linnaean Society, FLS FRMS Imperial Service Order, ISO (1866–1949), who was a British civil servant and biologist known as an authority on the Cladocera. Species * ''Pseudoscourfieldia marina''(J.Throndsen) Manton, 1975 Also ''Pseudoscourfieldia longifilis'' now accepted as ''Nephroselmis pyriformis'' References External links Chlorophyta genera Pyramimonadophyceae {{green algae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |