Alphonse Meunier's enigmatic Radiosperma belongs to the ciliates

• Main Authors: Gurdebeke, Pieter, Mertens, Kenneth Neil, Lubomir, Rajter, Meyvisch, Pjotr, Potvin, Eric, Yang, Eun Jin, André, Coralie, Pospelova, Vera, Louwye, Stephen
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: VLIZ 2023
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Diversity; Taxonomy; Ciliophora; Micro-FTIR; LSU and SSU rDNA; Acritarch; Arctic; Meunier
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01H5302SPNQBPYQ1G21VYAR2VN; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01H5302SPNQBPYQ1G21VYAR2VN; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01H5302SPNQBPYQ1G21VYAR2VN/file/01H531K6EZ1XKQ8PCM5KFBKGKG

The acritarch genus Radiosperma was originally described as an “enigmatic organism” by the Belgian biologist Alphonse Meunier (1857-1918). Two species were described: R. corbiferum from Arctic waters and R. textum from the Belgian coast (Meunier 1910, 1919). It has been widely reported from plankton...