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Citation: Corcontochrysis noctivaga Kalina 1970Taxonomic rank: speciesType specimens: Culturae in Collectio algarum Instituti botanici Universitatis Carolinae sub signo KALINA 1967/4 depositae.Type locality: Montibus Corconticis in fossis turfosis loco „Upske raselinisteFarinacci catalog page (& compiler): n/a Current citation: Pavlova noctivaga (Kalina 1970) van der Veer and Leewis 1977
Original Description Cellulae sine membrana cellularum, ellipsoideae vel irregulariter rotundato-triangulares, inter- dum reniformes, dorso-ventraliter complanatae, 5-8- 12 μm longae, 6- 8 μm latae, 4-5 μm crassae, sulco ventrali longitudinali, in muco stratoso viventes. Chromatophorus unicus, parietalis, brunneus, sine pyrenoide et stigmate. Cytoplasma hyalinum granulis ellipticis duobus conspicuis, 2- 3,5 μm longis, 1- 2 μm Iatis et vacuola contractili una instructum. Zoosporae dorso-ventraliter complanatae ± ellipticae vel ovatae, asymmetricae, 7-10-12 μm longae, 5-9 μm latae, 3-5 μm crassae, flagellis binis sine ma.stigonematibus, valde unaequalibus et haptonemate brevi, ventraliter insertis. Chromatophorus unicus, parietalis, pyrenoide et stigmate carens. Cytoplasma vacuolis contractilibus duobus instructum. Cellula granulis ellipticis conspicuis duobus in parte posteriore sitis. Editors' Notes Recombined into Pavlova by van der Veer & Leewis 1977
References:
Kalina, T. (1970). Corcontochrysis noctivaga gen. et sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae). Preslia. 42: 297-302. gs
Van Der Veer, J. & Leewis, R. J. (1977). Pavlova ennorea sp. nov., a haptophycean alga with a dominant palmelloid phase, from England. Acta Botanica Neerlandica. 26: 159-176. gs
Corcontochrysis noctivaga: Catalog entry compiled by Jeremy Young. Viewed: 17-2-2025