Prymnesium
Genus of single-celled organisms
Prymnesium is a genus of haptophytes , including the species Prymnesium parvum .[ 2]
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.[ 3]
The name Latinizes the Greek prymnēsion ‘cable (for mooring )’,[ 4] [ 5] from prymna ‘stern’, from prymnos ‘hindmost’.[ 6] [self-published source ]
Prymnesium was likely first recognized and drawn (although not named as such) on July 1, 1920,[ 7] and then (seemingly independently) officially named shortly afterwards on July 6, 1920.[ 8]
Morphology
P. parvum f. patelliferum . Electron microscopy.a ) Transversal section showing the f1,f2: flagella, h: haptonema, c: chloroplast, sc: surface of the cell covered with scales.b ) Longitudinal section showing: c: (complex) chloroplasts, cer: chloroplasts endoplasmic reticulum, vf: vestibular fossa/cavity, per: periplastidial endoplasmatic reticulum, n: nucleus, nu: nucleolus, ner: nuclear endoplasmic reticulum, m: mitochondria, p: pyrenoids, g: Golgi body, mb: muciferous body (extrusome , pv: pulsatile/contractile vacuole, sc: scales.c ) r: radial and c: concentrical scales.[ 9]
P. parvum f. patelliferum . Electron microscopy.a ) sc: scale forming in the g: Golgi body, er: endoplasmic reticulum.< />b ) g: Golgi body just below the fr: flagellar root, m: mitochondrion, n: nucleous, mb: muciferous body, cytoplasm surrounded by a narrow peripheral cisterna of per: endoplasmic reticulum.c ) Transversal section showing peripheral cisterna of per: endoplasmic reticulum, n: nucleus, nu: nucleolus, m: mitochondrion, l: lipidic globules, mb: muciferous body, and sc: scales.d ) Transversal section showing cer: chloroplast endoplasmic reticulum is continuous with the nucleus endoplasmic reticulum. c: chloroplast, g: Golgi body, f: flagella, p: pyrenoids, n: nucleus, pv: pulsatil vacuole, mb: muciferous body, and sc: scales.[ 9]
Species
The taxonomy of Prymnesiales 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 , P. kappa , P. chiton , P. minus (previously assigned to Chrysochromulina ), P. neustophilum , P. pienaarii , P. pigrum , and P. simplex (previously assigned to Platychrysis ).[ 1]
Prymnesium neolepis (M. Yoshida, M.-H. Noël, T. Nakayama, T. Naganuma & I. Inouye, 2006) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Hyalolithus neolepis )
Prymnesium palpebrale (Seoane, Eikrem, Edvardsen & Pienaar, 2009) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Chrysochromulina palpebralis )
Prymnesium polylepis (Manton & Parke, 1962) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Chrysochromulina polylepis )
Prymnesium kappa (Parke & Manton, 1955) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Chrysochromulina kappa )
Prymnesium chiton (Parke & Manton, 1958) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Chrysochromulina chiton )
Prymnesium minus (Parke & Manton, 1955) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Chrysochromulina minor )
Prymnesium neustophilum (R.E. Norris, 1967) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Platychrysis neustophila )
Prymnesium pienaarii (Gayral & Fresnel, 1983) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Platychrysis pienaarii )
Prymnesium pigrum (Geitler, 1930) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Platychrysis pigra )
Prymnesium simplex (Gayral & Fresnel, 1983) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert, 2011 (=Platychrysis simplex )
References
^ a b Edvardsen, Bente; Eikrem, Wenche; Throndsen, Jahn; Sáez, Alberto G.; Probert, Ian; Medlin, Linda K. (2011). "Ribosomal DNA phylogenies and a morphological revision provide the basis for a revised taxonomy of the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta)". European Journal of Phycology . 46 (3): 202–228. Bibcode :2011EJPhy..46..202E . doi :10.1080/09670262.2011.594095 . S2CID 73587538 .
^ La Claire, JW (2006). "Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the harmful alga, Prymnesium parvum (Prymnesiophyceae, Haptophyta)". Mar. Biotechnol . 8 (5): 534–46. Bibcode :2006MarBt...8..534L . doi :10.1007/s10126-005-5182-2 . PMID 16896534 . S2CID 27204487 .
^ Fritsch, F.E. 1965. The Structure and Reproduction of the Algae. Volume 1.Cambridge University Press.
^ Cooper, Thomas (1565). Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Britannicae . prymnesium : The post wherevnto the cable of a ship is tyed. The cable it selfe. [The post unto which the cable of a ship is tied; the cable itself.]
^ Graham, Linda E.; Wilcox, Lee Warren (2000). Algae . Prentice Hall. p. 193 . ISBN 978-0-13-660333-7 . Prymnesium (Gr. prymnesion , stern-cable) is a single-celled flagellate.
^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language . Vol. II. Xlibris Corp. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-4931-9111-6 . proís < Cat. prois < VL. *prodesium < L. prymnēsium [...]
^ Liebert, F.; Deerns, W.M. (1920-07-01). "Nederland Nationaal Archief - Inventaris van het archief van de Hoofinspecteur der Visserijen, (1907) 1910-1922 (1924) - Item 195: Verslag van een onderzoek naar de oorzaken van de vissterfte in de polder Workumer-Nieuwland nabij Workum, door N.W. Deerns van het Rijksinstituut voor Hydrografisch Visserijonderzoek, houdende een beschrijving van visdodende flagellaten (planktonorganismen). 1920" . Nederland Nationaal Archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2023 .
^ Massart, J. "Recherches sur les organismes inférieurs. VIII. - Sur la motilité des Flagellates" (PDF) . Bulletin de la Classe des sciences de l'Académie Royale de Belgique (in French). 5 (6): 116–141. Retrieved 2023-07-31 .
^ a b Beltrami, Orietta; Escobar, Marcela; Collantes, Gloria (May 2007). "New record of Prymnesium parvum f. patelliferum (Green, Hibberd & Piennar) Larsen stat. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae) from Valparaíso Bay" . Investigaciones Marinas . 35 (1). doi :10.4067/S0717-71782007000100009 .