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Scrippsiella donghaienis
Diagnosis
Diagnose_Species: Epitheca conical, hypotheca rounded. Epitheca larger than hypotheca. Plate tabulation pattern po, x, 4', 3a, 7'', 6c (5c + t), 6s, 5''', 2''''. Vegetative cells 17–48 µm long and 14–30µm wide. Cysts spherical (22–30 µm diameter) and noncalcareous, covered with conical or columned organic spines. The operculum includes plates 2'-4' and 1a-3a. The proportion of operculum to empty cyst is about 1:4.
Body_length: 17-48 µm
Body_Width: 14-30 µm
Body_cyst_length: 22-33 µm
Bloom: No
Toxicity: No
Etymology
donghaienis is derived from the Chinese word for East China Sea and refers to the geographic area in which the type material was collected.
Type illustration / Type locality / Type specimen
Type_illustration: Figure 2, A–G, from strain SSDH01.
Type_locality: East China Sea (122.511° E, 29.000° N).
Ecology
Substrate: planktonic
Sociability: solitary
Salinity: marine
Salinity: variable (estuary)
pH: neutral
Feeding: Photosynthetic
Life cycle
Phases_alternance: haplontic
Generation: <1 month
Reproduction_mode: asexual
Reproduction_mode: sexual
Resting_stage: cysts_sexual (Non-calcareous cysts)
Feeding behaviour
Mode of locomotion
Reference(s)
Attached phylogeny
Observation site(s)
SYMBIONTS
| Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parvilucifera infectans | Rance estuary |
(2014) Parvilucifera rostrata sp. nov. (Perkinsozoa), a Novel Parasitoid that Infects Planktonic Dinoflagellates. Protist 165:31 - 49. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2013.09.005 |
|
| Parvilucifera infectans | Penzé estuary |
(2014) Parvilucifera rostrata sp. nov. (Perkinsozoa), a Novel Parasitoid that Infects Planktonic Dinoflagellates. Protist 165:31 - 49. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2013.09.005 |
|
| Parvilucifera rostrata | Penzé estuary |
(2014) Parvilucifera rostrata sp. nov. (Perkinsozoa), a Novel Parasitoid that Infects Planktonic Dinoflagellates. Protist 165:31 - 49. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2013.09.005 |
