Original description: Cellulae minute, rotundatae, parte infera leviter excavatae, forma plus minusve variabiles; chromatophoris 2, in lateribus dispositis, colore luteo-fusco; vesicula contractili singula, anteriore; stigmate nullo; plasmate granulas parvas in posteriore parte praebente; flagellis 3, uno primario crassiore longiore ad anteriorem directo, secundariis duobus tenuioribus, brevioribus ad posteriorem directis. Cellulae lat. 3-5µ; crass. 2—3µ
Type images:Farinacci & Howe catalog pages:
Chrysochromulina parva
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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:
Hovde, B. T., Deodato, C. R., Andersen, R. A., Starkenburg, S. R., Barlow, S. B. & Cattolico, R. A. (2019). Chrysochromulina: Genomic assessment and taxonomic diagnosis of the type species for an oleaginous algal clade. Algal Research. 37: 307-319. gs Lackey, J. B. (1939). Notes on plankton flagellates from the Scioto River. Lloydia. 2: 128-143. gs Moestrup, Ø. & Thomsen, H. A. (1986). Ultrastructure and reconstruction of the flagellar apparatus in Chrysochromulina apheles sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae = Haptophyceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 64: 593-610. gs Parke, M., Lund, J. W. G. & Manton, I. (1962). Observations on the biology and fine structure of the type species of Chrysochromulina (C. parva Lackey) in the English Lake District. Archives of Microbiology. 42: 333-352. gsReferences:

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Chrysochromulina parva compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 10-7-2026
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