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Braarudosphaera bigelowii ALT


Classification: ntax_main -> other groups -> Haptophytes -> Prymnesiales -> Genera incertae sedis -> Braarudosphaera bigelowii ALT
Sister taxa: B. bigelowii ALT, Chrysocampanula, Chrysoculter, Navisolenia


Taxonomy:
Citation: Braarudosphaera bigelowii ALTERNATE PHASE
Taxonomic rank: species
Basionym: Braarudosphaera bigelowii
Synonyms:

Original description: Cells motile, elongate, ovate, 10-26 µm long, 5-10 µm wide, dorsoventrally compressed. Two flagella and one haptonema arising close together at one end; fiagella equal, smooth, homodynamic, 8-20 µm long; haptonema shorter than fiagella 2.5-4.5 µm long. Plastids two, golden-brown, lateroparietal.
Scaly investiture present, visible with light microscope. Scales of four forms;

Type images:

Farinacci & Howe catalog pages:
Chrysochromulina parkeae


Morphology:
The SEM images included here of specimens observed in the plankton seem likely to be the same taxon since they show large and small body scales, with no axial cross or spine and long spines at each end arising from irregular-shaped bases. However, it is not clear if the structure of the spine bases is the same as in the type illustrations.  [my interpretation - JRY 2023]

Biology & life-cycles
DNA and cultures studies have shown that this form, which was previously previously regarded as a distinctive species of Chrysochromulina, is actually the motile phase of Braarudosphaera bigelowii.

See also: Braarudosphaera bigelowii ;

Search data:
Lith size: 0->0µm;
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source:
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0.00-0.00Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source:

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

Green, J. C. & Leadbeater, B. S. C. (1972). Chrysochromulina parkeae sp. nov. [Haptophyceae] a new species recorded from S.W. England and Norway. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 52: 469-474. gs

Missing or ambiguous references: ;


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Braarudosphaera bigelowii ALT compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 17-7-2026

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