Fottea 2016, 16(1):22-33 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2016.004

The occurrence of microscopic algae with blue-green chloroplasts or with endocyanelles (Glaucophyta) in the fresh waters of the Czech Republic, with a new report of Cryptella cyanophora Pascher

Pavel Javornickı
Lidická 162, 54701 Náchod, Czech Republic; Corresponding author e-mail: pavelavera@gmail.com

One of the observed flagellates, Cryptella cyanophora Pascher, is probably the first discovery ever of this species with cyanelles after more than 80 years since its description. This species was previously classified into the cryptophycean genus Chroomonas Hansgirg (see Discussion), which is why the observations of two common species, Chroomonas nordstedtii Hansg. and Ch. caudata Geitler, from natural water bodies are also presented and the theory of their cytological evolution is discussed. Similar uncertainty is associated with the origin of blue-green chloroplasts of some dinoflagellates, two species of which (from Czech waters) are presented, namely Gymnodinium aeruginosum Stein and Amphidinium amphidinioides (Geitler) Schiller. Again the theory of the origin of their chloroplast is discussed. The indubitable syncyanosis is demonstrated on Glaucocystis nostochinearum Itzigsohn.

Keywords: Cryptella cyanophora, Glaucocystis nostochinearum, endocyanelles, Glaucophyta, blue-green plastids in Cryptophyceae and Dinophyceae

Received: June 15, 2015; Accepted: November 10, 2015; Prepublished online: March 1, 2016; Published: March 30, 2016  Show citation

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Javornickı, P. (2016). The occurrence of microscopic algae with blue-green chloroplasts or with endocyanelles (Glaucophyta) in the fresh waters of the Czech Republic, with a new report of Cryptella cyanophora Pascher. Fottea, 16(1), 22-33. doi: 10.5507/fot.2016.004
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