Ochrostylon thompsonii, a member of the golden-brown algal order Chromulinales, is described from North America (Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, Kansas). Each organism consists of a basal disk and an elastic stalk at the end of which sits the markedly dorsoventral protoplast. The strongly concave heteroflagellate cell contains a single plastid and contractile vacuoles. The cell further contains a large chrysolaminarin (leucosin) droplet and numerous small droplets.
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1 September 2009
The First Report of the Chrysophyte Alga Ochrostylon (Chromulinales: Chromulinaceae) from North America and a Description of a New Species, O. thompsonii
Hollings T. Andrews,
Daniel E. Wujek
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Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science
Vol. 112 • No. 4
September 2009
Vol. 112 • No. 4
September 2009