Nannotax3 - ntax_main - Scrippsiella acuminata

Citation: Scrippsiella acuminata (Ehrenberg 1836) Kretschmann et al. 2015

Basionym: Glenodinium trochoidea * von Stein 1883

Taxonomic discussion:

type species of genus

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Scrippsiella): Cysts with tangential wall structure and compound archaeopyles. Wall formed of largish non-intelocking elements each with a spine
This taxon: Sub-spherical to ellipsoidal; Wall of largish irregular weakly-interlocking elements with a central spine; c-axes tangential to surface and randomly oriented in plane of surface;

Wall structure: tangential
Archeopyle: Mesoepicystal (Streng et al. 2004);

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Zonneveld et al. 2005
First occurrence (base): within Late Miocene Sub-Epoch (5.33-11.62Ma, base in Tortonian stage). Data source: Fütterer 1977

References:

Bernard, F. & Lecal, J. (1960). Plancton unicellulaire récolté dans l'océan Indien par le Charcot (1950) et le Norsel (1955-56). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco. 57(11-Mar): 1-59. gs

Fütterer, D. K. (1978). Distribution of calcareous dinoflagellates in Cenozoic sediments of Site 366, eastern North Atlantic. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 41: 709-737. gs

Gaarder, K. R. & Heimdal, B. R (1973). Light and scanning electron microscope observations on Rhabdothorax regale (Gaarder) Gaarder nov. comb. Norwegian Journal of Botany. 20: 89-97. gs

Gaarder, K. R. (1954). Coccolithineae, Silicoflagellatae, Pterospermataceae and other forms from the Michael Sars North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 1910. Report on the Scientific Results of the ‘‘Michael Sars'' North Atlantic Deep Sea Expedition 1910. 2: 1-20. gs

Kamptner, E. (1937). Über Dauersporen bei marinen Coccolithineen. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 147: 67-76. gs

Kretschmann, J., et al. (2015). Taxonomic clarification of the dinophyte Peridinium acuminatum Ehrenb., = Scrippsiella acuminata, comb. nov. (Thoracosphaeraceae, Peridiniales). Phytotaxa. 220(3): 239-256. gs

Loeblich, A. R. I. (1976). Dinoflagellate evolution: speculations and evidence. Journal of Protozoology. 23: 13-28. gs

Montresor, M., Sgrosso, S., Procaccini, G. & Kooistra, W. H. C. F. (2003). Intraspecific diversity in Scrippsiella trochoidea (Dinophyceae): evidence for cryptic species. Phycologia. 42(1): 56-70. gs

Schiller, J. (1914). Bericht über Ergebnisse der Nannoplanktonuntersuchungen anlässlich der Kreuzungen S.M.S. Najade in der Adria. Internationale Revue für die gesamte Hydrobiologie. 6: 1-15. gs

Schiller, J. (1925). Die planktonischen Vegetationen des adriatischen Meeres. A. Die Coccolithophoriden-Vegetation in den Jahren 1911-14. Archiv für Protistenkunde. 51: 1-130. gs

Schiller, J. (1926). Uber Fortpflanzung, geissellose Gattungen und die Nomenklatur der Coccolithophoraceen nebst Mitteilung uber Copulation bei Dinobryon. Archiv für Protistenkunde. 53(326-342): -. gs

Streng, M. & Meier, K. J. S. (2017). Diversity of calcareous dinoflagellate cysts in surface sediments of Gullmar Fjord, Sweden – an unrecognized gene pool of the Thoracosphaeraceae (peridineaen dinoflagellates). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 37(1): 1-14. gs

von Stein, F. R. (1883). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen Forschungen in systematischer Reihenfolge bearbeitet, 3. Abtheilung, 2. Hälfte. Einleitung und Erklarung der Abbildungen. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 1-30. gs

Zonneveld, K. A. F., Meier, K. J. S., Esper, O., Siggelkow, D., Wendler, I. & Willems, H. (2005). The (palaeo-) environmental significance of modern calcareous dinoflagellate cysts: a review. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 79(1): 61-77. gs

Missing or ambiguous references: Ehrenberg 1836;

Scrippsiella acuminata

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