List of eukaryotic picoplankton species

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

Autotrophic species[]

Chlorophyta[]

Chlorophyceae[]

  • Butcher, 3 - 4.5 μm, brackish

Pedinophyceae[]

  • Jones et al., 3 - 3 μm, brackish-marine
  • Moestrup, 1.5 - 2.5 μm, marine

Prasinophyceae[]

  • Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem et Throndsen, 1.5 - 2.5 μm, marine
  • Zingone, 3 - 5 μm, marine
  • Manton, 2.5 - 2.5 μm, marine
  • Manton, 3 μm, marine
  • Throndsen et Zingone, 3 - 4.5 μm, marine
  • 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
  • Hasegawa et Chihara, 2.5 - 5.5 μm, marine
  • Manton, 3 - 3.5 μm, marine
  • Guillard, 1.5 - 4 μm, marine
  • Pennick, 2.7 - 3.5 μm, marine

Trebouxiophyceae[]

  • Andreoli et al., 1.5 - 3 μm, marine
  • Picochlorum oklahomensis Henley et al., 2 - 2 μm, hypersaline
  • Henley et al., 2 - 3 μm, brackish
  • Henley et al., 3 - 3 μm, marine
  • Henley et al., 3 - 3 μm, brackish

Cryptophyta[]

Cryptophyceae[]

  • Butcher, 1.5 - 2.5 μm, marine

Haptophyta[]

Prymnesiaceae[]

  • Estep et al., 2 - 5 μm, marine
  • Parke et Manton, 2.5 - 7.5 μm, marine
  • Moestrup et Thomsen, 3 - 4 μm, marine
  • Parke, 3 - 5.5 μm, marine
  • Thomsen, 3 - 3.8 μm, marine
  • Reynolds, 2 - 4 μm, marine
  • Zingone, 3 - 4 μm, marine
  • Lagerheim, 3 - 8 μm, marine
  • H.A.Thomsen, 2 - 3.6 μm, marine

Heterokontophyta (Stramenopiles)[]

Bacillariophyceae[]

  • Takano, 2 - 7 μm, marine
  • Hasle, 2.5 - 3.8 μm, marine
  • Gao, Chang et Chin, 3 - 5 μm, marine
  • Rivera, 3 - 7.5 μm, marine
  • Hasle, von Stosch et Syverstsen, 2 - 30 μm, marine
  • Hasle, von Stosch et Syverstsen, 3 - 36 μm, marine
  • Guillard, Carpenter et Reimann, 2 - 7 μm, marine
  • 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[]

  • Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1 - 1.7 μm, marine
  • Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1 - 1.7 μm, marine

Chrysophyceae[]

  • Conrad (Vors), 2.5 - 5 μm, marine
  • Booth et Marchant, 2.2 - 2.8 μm, marine
  • Bravo-Sierra et Hernández-Becerril, 2.8 - 3.8 μm, marine
  • Booth, 2.2 - 3.1 μm, marine
  • Booth, 2.3 - 4.7 μm, marine
  • Booth, 2.7 - 4.5 μm, marine

Dictyochophyceae[]

  • Eikrem, 3 - 6 μm, marine

Eustigmatophyceae[]

  • Karlson et Potter, 2 - 4 μm, marine
  • Hibberd, 3 - 4 μm, brackish
  • 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
  • Norris, 2.5 - 5.5 μm, marine
  • Pelagomonas calceolata Andersen et Saunders, 2 - 3 μm, marine

Pinguiophyceae[]

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

Heterotrophic species[]

Cercozoa[]

Cercomonadida[]

  • Larsen et Patterson, 2.5 - 6.5 μm, marine

Plasmodiophorida[]

  • Kühn, Schnepf & Bulman, 3 - 4 μm, marine

Stramenopiles[]

Bicosoecida[]

  • Patterson et al., 3 - 10 μm, marine
  • Ruinen, 2 μm, marine
  • Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1.2 - 1.5 μm, marine

Chrysophyceae[]

  • Lucas, 1.7 - 5.1 μm, marine
  • Pennick and Clarke, 2 - 3.25 μm, marine
  • Takahashi, 2 - 4.3 μm, marine
  • Preisig and Hibberd, 2.5 - 5 μm, marine
  • Lucas, 3 - 4 μm, marine
  • Thomsen, 3 - 5 μm, marine
  • Preisig and Hibberd, 3 - 6.5 μm, marine
  • Preisig and Hibberd, 3 - 8 μm, marine
  • Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet, 1.4 - 2.5 μm, marine
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