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Eustigmatophyceae—a New Algal Class with Unique Organization of the Motile Cell

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INVESTIGATION of the cytology and ultrastructure of fifteen species drawn from twelve genera of coccoid Xanthophyceae (carried out in conjunction with a similar study of nineteen species drawn from four filamentous genera1,2) reveals that this algal class contains two structural series. The morphology of the motile cell in one series is unique in the plant kingdom and this series is here separated from the Xanthophyceae sensu stricto as a new class, the Eustigmatophyceae.

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HIBBERD, D., LEEDALE, G. Eustigmatophyceae—a New Algal Class with Unique Organization of the Motile Cell. Nature 225, 758–760 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225758b0

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