List of eukaryotic picoplankton species
List of eukaryotic species that belong to picoplankton, i.e. which have one of their cell dimensions smaller than 3 µm.
- Stichococcus cylindricus (Butcher), 3 - 4.5 µm, brackish
Pedinophyceae
- Marsupiomonas pelliculata (Jones et al.), 3 - 3 µm, brackish-marine
- Resultor micron (Moestrup), 1.5 - 2.5 µm, marine
- 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
- 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
Cryptophyta
Cryptophyceae
- Hillea marina (Butcher), 1.5 - 2.5 µm, marine
Haptophyta
Prymnesiaceae
- 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
Heterokontophyta (Stramenopiles)
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
Bolidophyceae
- Bolidomonas pacifica (Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet), 1 - 1.7 µm, marine
- Bolidomonas mediterranea (Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet), 1 - 1.7 µm, marine
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
Dictyochophyceae
- Florenciella parvula (Eikrem), 3 - 6 µm, marine
- 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
- 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
- Pinguiochrysis pyriformis (Kawachi), 1 - 3 µm, marine
- Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus (Andersen et al.), 3 - 8 µm, marin
- Massisteria marina (Larsen et Patterson), 2.5 - 6.5 µm, marine
Plasmodiophorida
- Phagomyxa odontellae (Kühn, Schnepf & Bulman), 3 - 4 µm, marine
Stramenopiles
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
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
