Fibrocapsa

Fibrocapsa
Light microscopy images of F. japonica showing flagella (white arrows), nucleus (n), mucocysts (m), and discharged mucocysts (black arrows). Scale bars: 10 µm (A-E), 50 µm (F).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Raphidophyceae
Order:	Chattonellales
Family:	Fibrocapsaceae Cavalier-Smith in Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2013 [1]
Genus:	Fibrocapsa S.Toriumi & H.Takano, 1973 [2]
Species:	F. japonica
Binomial name
Fibrocapsa japonica S.Toriumi & H.Takano, 1973

Fibrocapsa is a genus of algae belonging to the family Fibrocapsaceae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Fibrocapsa japonica. ^[3] It belongs to the monotypic family Fibrocapsaceae. ^[1]

References

1. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Scoble, Josephine Margaret (2012). "Phylogeny of Heterokonta: Incisomonas marina, a uniciliate gliding opalozoan related to Solenicola (Nanomonadea), and evidence that Actinophryida evolved from raphidophytes". European Journal of Protistology. 49 (3): 328–353. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002. PMID   23219323.
2. Toriumi, S.; Takano, H. (1973). "Fibrocapsa, a new genus in Chloromonadophyceae from Atsumi Bay, Japan". Bulletin of the Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory. 76: 25–35.
3. Throndsen, Jahn (1993). "The Planktonic Marine Flagellates". In Tomas, Carmelo R. (ed.). Marine Phytoplankton: A Guide to Naked Flagellates and Coccolithophorids. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 7–145. ISBN   0-12-693010-4.