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Current identification/main database link: Chrysochromulina novae-zelandiae Moestrup 1979
Compiled data
Original Description
The second scale type which occurs in large numbers, is circular to oval (Fig. 16), almost certainly forming an upper layer. The scales are smaller than the "under-layer" scales, measuring 0.29-0.38 µm in diameter. A patternless (probably dorsal) rim is present, and radiating lines, distinct on the rim-less side, on the other side are less distinct and visible only in the peripheral part of the scale.
Scales with triangular bases are present in small numbers (Fig. 15), measuring c. 0.37 µm in diameter, apparently with a small spine in each corner.
Extra details from original publication
The morphology of the scales distinguishes this species from all other described species of Chrysochromulina examined by electron microscopy (now 27). Three further species have been described, though unfortunately without fine structural details. Of these species Zimmermann (pers. comm.) has recently had the opportunity to examine iodine-fixedmaterial of C. birgeri from the type locality (cf. Hallfors & Niemi 1974), and the scale morphology confirms its separation as a distinct species. The two remaining species (described from the Black Sea), C. pontica (Rouchijajnen1966) and C. orbiculata (Rouchijajnen 1972), both differ from C. novae-zelandiae in their much shorter flagella.
The new species described here has been included in the genus Chrysochromulina (rather than in Prymnesium or Platychrysis), because of its coiling haptonema.
Chrysochromulina novae-zelandiae is one of the few species discussed in the present paper which have not so far been found outside New Zealand. Its common occurrence in the Kaikoura plankton should facilitate a detailed study of its internal structure, based either on embeddings of wild populations directly, or on unialgal isolates.
Moestrup, Ø. (1979). Identification by electron microscopy of marine nanoplankton from New Zealand, including the description of four new species. New Zealand. Journal of Botany. 17: 61-95. gsReferences:
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Chrysochromulina novae-zelandiae: Catalog entry compiled by Jeremy Young. Viewed: 17-2-2025
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