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Abstract
S. Konno and R. W. Jordan. 2007. An amended terminology for the Parmales (Chrysophyceae). Phycologia 46: 612–616. DOI: 10.2216/07-29.1.
Recent studies on Antarctic microplankton have revealed interesting and seemingly overlooked information on the shape and arrangement of the cell wall plates of species belonging to the Triparmaceae (Parmales, Chrysophyceae). In contrast to previous work, it is now known that Tetraparma has four plate types (shield, girdle, ventral and dorsal), suggesting a much closer relation to Triparma. A study of the literature has also provided an opportunity to re-evaluate the plate arrangement in Pentalamina. These revelations have brought about a need to revise the current terminology of the cell wall plates, as well as emendations to the order, family and generic descriptions.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. We are also grateful to the captain, crew and scientists of R.R.S. Charles Darwin Cruise 37 for their help and cooperation in obtaining these opportunistic samples.