Taxonomy:
Distinguishing features: Dominant stage motile, ellipsoidal, cells with two types of body scale
Original description: With the characters of the genus.
Type images:Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Isochrysis galbana
Cultures: strains of this species are maintained in culture, for details see Roscoff culture collection.
Tags | LITHS: |
Metrics | Lith size: 0->0µm; Data source notes: RCC |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant Data source: present in the plankton
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0.00-0.00Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source: [JRY]
Plot of occurrence data:
Bendif, E. M., Probert, I, Schroeder, D. C. & de Vargas, C. (2013b). On the description of Tisochrysis lutea gen. nov. sp. nov. and Isochrysis nuda sp. nov. in the Isochrysidales, and the transfer of Dicrateria to the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology. 25: 1763-1776. gs Jordan, R. W., Cros, L. & Young, J. R. (2004). A revised classification scheme for living Haptophytes. Micropaleontology. 50(supplement 1): 55-79. gs Parke, M. (1949). Studies on marine flagellates. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 28: 255-288. gsReferences:
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Isochrysis galbana compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 27-2-2021
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