New records of the colonial chrysophyte <i>Urostipulosphaeraarticulata</i> (Chrysophyceae, Ochromonadales) in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Urostipulosphera was established in 2019. Its morphological characteristics are similar to Uroglena and Uroglenopsis, but it differs from both. This genus connects individual cells into communities through a dichotomous branching structure, which distinguishes it from Uroglena and Uroglenopsis. Although there are nine species in this genus, molecular data are available for only four species. Molecular data and species distribution records for Urostipulosphaera are severely lacking. Species of this genus have been recorded in a few locations in Europe and North America.

New information

We identified three samples that were discovered in Shanxi Province, China, based on morphological characteristics and molecular p

SUBMITTER: An Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12179645 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature