Notes on the flagellar apparatus and taxonomy of Pavlova mesolychnon Van der Veer, and on the status of Pavlova Butcher and related genera within the Haptophyceae

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INTRODUCTIONPavlova gyrans Butcher, the type species of the genus, was described at the light microscope level in 1952 (Butcher, 1952). Since then this species has been re-investigated with the electron microscope (Green & Manton, 1970), a number of other species described from marine, brackish and freshwater habitats (for literature, see p. 600) and at least two new genera erected which appear to be closely related to Pavlova (Corcontochrysis Kalina, 1970;Exanthemachrysis Lepailleur, 1970).