Taxonomy:
Catalog entries: Pavlova pinguis
Original description: Cells 3-4 (5) µm × 5-8 µm, ovate, base obtuse, slightly metabolic, not compressed. Longer flagellum 1½-2 times the body length, the shorter ¼-⅓ the length of the longer. Haptothrix (attaching organ) contractile, very fine, rarely more than body length when fully extended. Chromatophores two, large, lateral, yellow-green; stigma red, position variable, lateral to sub-apical. Bright refractive bodies of unknown nature, usually 2-3, present at the posterior end.
Type images:
Morphology:
Cultures: Strains of this species are maintained in culture, for details see Roscoff Culture Collection.
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:
Bendif, E. M., et al. (2011). Integrative taxonomy of the Pavlovophyceae (Haptophyta): A reassessment. Protist. 162: 738-761. gs Green, J. C. (1967). A new species of Pavlova from Madeira. British Phycological Bulletin. 3: 299-303. gs Green, J. C. (1980). The fine structure of Pavlova pinguis Green and a preliminary survey of the order Pavlovales (Prymnesiophyceae). British Phycological Journal. 15: 151-191. gs References:
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