List of eukaryotic picoplankton species

List of eukaryotic species that belong to picoplankton, i.e. which have one of their cell dimensions smaller than 3 µm.

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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

Prymnesiophyceae

• 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, marine

Heterotrophic species

Cercozoa

Cercomonadida

• Massisteria marina (Larsen et Patterson), 2.5 - 6.5 µm, marine

Plasmodiophorea

• 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