List of eukaryotic picoplankton species

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List of eukaryotic species that belong to picoplankton, i.e. which have one of their cell dimensions smaller than 3 µm.

Contents 1 Autotrophic species 1.1 Chlorophyta 1.1.1 Chlorophyceae 1.1.2 Pedinophyceae 1.1.3 Prasinophyceae 1.1.4 Trebouxiophyceae 1.2 Cryptophyta 1.2.1 Cryptophyceae 1.3 Haptophyta 1.3.1 Prymnesiophyceae 1.4 Heterokontophyta (Stramenopiles) 1.4.1 Bacillariophyceae 1.4.2 Bolidophyceae 1.4.3 Chrysophyceae 1.4.4 Dictyochophyceae 1.4.5 Eustigmatophyceae 1.4.6 Pelagophyceae 1.4.7 Pinguiophyceae 2 Heterotrophic species 2.1 Cercozoa 2.1.1 Cercomonadida 2.1.2 Plasmodiophorea 2.2 Stramenopiles 2.2.1 Bicosoecida 2.2.2 Chrysophyceae

[edit] Autotrophic species

[edit] Chlorophyta

[edit] Chlorophyceae

• Stichococcus cylindricus (Butcher), 3 - 4.5 µm, brackish

[edit] Pedinophyceae

• Marsupiomonas pelliculata (Jones et al.), 3 - 3 µm, brackish-marine
• Resultor micron (Moestrup), 1.5 - 2.5 µm, marine

[edit] Prasinophyceae

• Bathycoccus prasinos (Eikrem et Throndsen), 1.5 - 2.5 µm, marine
• Crustomastix stigmatica (Zingone), 3 - 5 µm, marine
• Dolichomastix lepidota (Manton), 2.5 - 2.5 µm, marine
• Dolichomastix eurylepidea (Manton), 3 µm, marine
• Dolichomastix tenuilepis (Throndsen et Zingone), 3 - 4.5 µm, marine
• Mantoniella squamata (Desikachary), 3 - 5 µm, marine
• Micromonas pusilla (Manton et Parke), 1 - 3 µm, marine
• Ostreococcus tauri (Courties et Chrétiennot-Dinet), 0.8 - 1.1 µm, marine
• Picocystis salinarum (Lewin), 2 - 3 µm, hypersaline
• Prasinococcus capsulatus (Miyashita et Chihara), 3 - 5.5 µm, marine
• Prasinoderma coloniale (Hasegawa et Chihara), 2.5 - 5.5 µm, marine
• Pseudoscourfieldia marina (Manton), 3 - 3.5 µm, marine
• Pycnococcus provasolii (Guillard), 1.5 - 4 µm, marine
• Pyramimonas virginica (Pennick), 2.7 - 3.5 µm, marine

[edit] Trebouxiophyceae

• Chlorella nana (Andreoli et al.), 1.5 - 3 µm, marine
• Picochlorum oklahomensis (Henley et al.), 2 - 2 µm, hypersaline
• Picochlorum atomus (Henley et al.), 2 - 3 µm, brackish
• Picochlorum eukaryotum (Henley et al.), 3 - 3 µm, marine
• Picochlorum maculatus (Henley et al.), 3 - 3 µm, brackish

[edit] Cryptophyta

[edit] Cryptophyceae

• Hillea marina (Butcher), 1.5 - 2.5 µm, marine

[edit] Haptophyta

[edit] Prymnesiophyceae

• Chrysochromulina tenuisquama (Estep et al.), 2 - 5 µm, marine
• 'Chrysochromulina minor (Parke et Manton), 2.5 - 7.5 µm, marine
• Chrysochromulina apheles (Moestrup et Thomsen), 3 - 4 µm, marine
• Dicrateria inornata (Parke), 3 - 5.5 µm, marine
• Ericiolus spiculiger (Thomsen), 3 - 3.8 µm, marine
• Imantonia rotunda (Reynolds), 2 - 4 µm, marine
• Phaeocystis cordata (Zingone), 3 - 4 µm, marine
• Phaeocystis pouchetii (Lagerheim), 3 - 8 µm, marine
• Trigonaspis minutissima (H.A.Thomsen), 2 - 3.6 µm, marine

[edit] Heterokontophyta (Stramenopiles)

[edit] Bacillariophyceae

• Minidiscus comicus (Takano), 2 - 7 µm, marine
• Minidiscus trioculatus (Hasle), 2.5 - 3.8 µm, marine
• Minidiscus spinulosus (Gao, Chang et Chin), 3 - 5 µm, marine
• Minidiscus chilensis (Rivera), 3 - 7.5 µm, marine
• Minutocellus polymorphus (Hasle, von Stosch et Syverstsen), 2 - 30 µm, marine
• Minutocellus scriptus (Hasle, von Stosch et Syverstsen), 3 - 36 µm, marine
• Skeletonema menzelii (Guillard, Carpenter et Reimann), 2 - 7 µm, marine
• Skeletonema pseudocostatum (Medlin), 2 - 9 µm, marine
• Skeletonema japonicum (Zingone et Sarno), 2 - 10 µm, marine
• Skeletonema grethae (Zingone et Sarno), 2 - 10.5 µm, marine
• Skeletonema marinoi (Sarno et Zingone), 2 - 12 µm, marine
• Thalassiosira pseudonana (Hasle et Heimdal), 2.3 - 5.5 µm, marine

[edit] Bolidophyceae

• Bolidomonas pacifica (Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet), 1 - 1.7 µm, marine
• Bolidomonas mediterranea (Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet), 1 - 1.7 µm, marine

[edit] Chrysophyceae

• Ollicola vangoorii (Conrad (Vors)), 2.5 - 5 µm, marine
• Tetraparma pelagica (Booth et Marchant), 2.2 - 2.8 µm, marine
• Tetraparma insecta (Bravo-Sierra et Hernández-Becerril), 2.8 - 3.8 µm, marine
• Triparma laevis (Booth), 2.2 - 3.1 µm, marine
• Triparma columacea (Booth), 2.3 - 4.7 µm, marine
• Triparma retinervis (Booth), 2.7 - 4.5 µm, marine

[edit] Dictyochophyceae

• Florenciella parvula (Eikrem), 3 - 6 µm, marine

[edit] Eustigmatophyceae

• Nannochloropsis granulata (Karlson et Potter), 2 - 4 µm, marine
• Nannochloropsis salina (Hibberd), 3 - 4 µm, brackish
• Nannochloropsis oceanica (Suda et Miyashita), 3 - 5 µm, marine

[edit] Pelagophyceae

• Aureococcus anophagefferens (Hargraves et Sieburth), 1.5 - 2 µm, marine
• Aureoumbra lagunensis (Stockwell et al.), 2.5 - 5 µm, marine
• Pelagococcus subviridis (Norris), 2.5 - 5.5 µm, marine
• Pelagomonas calceolata (Andersen et Saunders), 2 - 3 µm, marine

[edit] Pinguiophyceae

• Pinguiochrysis pyriformis (Kawachi), 1 - 3 µm, marine
• Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus (Andersen et al.), 3 - 8 µm, marine

[edit] Heterotrophic species

[edit] Cercozoa

[edit] Cercomonadida

• Massisteria marina (Larsen et Patterson), 2.5 - 6.5 µm, marine

[edit] Plasmodiophorea

• Phagomyxa odontellae (Kühn, Schnepf & Bulman), 3 - 4 µm, marine

[edit] Stramenopiles

[edit] Bicosoecida

• Caecitellus parvulus (Patterson et al.), 3 - 10 µm, marine
• Pseudobodo minima (Ruinen), 2 µm, marine
• Symbiomonas scintillans (Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet), 1.2 - 1.5 µm, marine

[edit] Chrysophyceae

• Paraphysomonas imperforata (Lucas), 1.7 - 5.1 µm, marine
• Paraphysomonas corbidifera (Pennick and Clarke), 2 - 3.25 µm, marine
• Paraphysomonas antarctica (Takahashi), 2 - 4.3 µm, marine
• Paraphysomonas caelifrica (Preisig and Hibberd), 2.5 - 5 µm, marine
• Paraphysomonas cribosa (Lucas), 3 - 4 µm, marine
• Paraphysomonas sideriophora (Thomsen), 3 - 5 µm, marine
• Paraphysomonas capreolata (Preisig and Hibberd), 3 - 6.5 µm, marine
• Paraphysomonas gladiata (Preisig and Hibberd), 3 - 8 µm, marine
• Picophagus flagellatus (Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet), 1.4 - 2.5 µm, marine