List of eukaryotic picoplankton species

List of eukaryotic species that belong to picoplankton, meaning one of their cell dimensions is smaller than 3 μm.

Autotrophic species

Chlorophyta

Chlorophyceae

  • 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

Prasinophyceae

  • 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

Trebouxiophyceae

  • 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

Eustigmatophyceae

  • 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

Pelagophyceae

  • 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

Pinguiophyceae

  • Pinguiochrysis pyriformis Kawachi, 1 - 3 μm, marine
  • Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus Andersen et al., 3 - 8 μm, marin

Heterotrophic species

Cercozoa

Cercomonadida

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
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