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Prymnesium
''Prymnesium'' is a genus of haptophytes, including the species '' Prymnesium parvum''. The genus is a unicellular motile alga. It is ellipsoidal in shape one flagellum is straight and there are two longer ones which enable movement. The name Latinizes the Greek ' ‘cable (for mooring)’, from ' ‘stern’, from ' ‘hindmost’. ''Prymnesium'' was likely first recognized and drawn (although not named as such) on July 1, 1920, and then (seemingly independently) officially named shortly afterwards on July 6, 1920. Morphology Species The taxonomy of Prymnesiales Prymnesiales is an order of Haptophyceae. It currently consists of three families: * Prymnesiaceae * Chrysochromulinaceae * Chrysoculteraceae References Haptophyte orders Haptista orders {{Haptophyte-stub ... was revised in 2011. With this revision, ten additional species were added to the genus, namely '' P. neolepis'' (previously assigned to '' Hyalolithus''), '' P. palpebrale'', '' P. polylepis ...
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Prymnesium Palpebrale
''Prymnesium'' is a genus of haptophytes, including the species ''Prymnesium parvum''. The genus is a unicellular motile alga. It is ellipsoidal in shape one flagellum is straight and there are two longer ones which enable movement. The name Latinizes the Greek ' ‘cable (for mooring (watercraft), mooring)’, from ' ‘stern’, from ' ‘hindmost’. ''Prymnesium'' was likely first recognized and drawn (although not named as such) on July 1, 1920, and then (seemingly independently) officially named shortly afterwards on July 6, 1920. Morphology Species The taxonomy of Prymnesiales was revised in 2011. With this revision, ten additional species were added to the genus, namely ''Prymnesium neolepis, P. neolepis'' (previously assigned to ''Hyalolithus''), ''Prymnesium palpebrale, P. palpebrale'', ''Prymnesium polylepis, P. polylepis'', ''Prymnesium kappa, P. kappa'', ''Prymnesium chiton, P. chiton'', ''Prymnesium minus, P. minus'' (previously assigned to ''Chrysochromul ...
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