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Parmales

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Parmales
Pentalamina corona, scale bar = 1 μm
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
Superphylum:
Heterokonta
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Bolidophyceae
Order:
Parmales
Family

The Parmales are an order of marine microalgae within the Bolidophyceae class. They are found worldwide and characterized by a cell wall composed of 5-8 interlocking silica plates with distinct forms.[1] They were initially thought to be loricate choanoflagellates[2] but were shown to be a separate phyla entirely upon the discovery of chloroplasts, placing it among the photosynthetic stramenopiles.[3]

The group is divided into two distinct morphologies- the naked and mobile bolidophyte form and the non-mobile and silica-plate covered parmalean form. The bolidophyte form lacks silica plates and has two unequal flagella inserted ventrally, vaguely reminiscent of Chlamydomonas.[3] The parmalean form is similar to the diatoms as it is coated in silicate plates. These silicate plates are used to divide the Parmales into separate genera based upon the number and location of the siliceous plates. Unlike the diatoms, the Parmales are able to grow in silica-limiting environments because the synthesis of the silica plates is not directly connected to growth or reproduction.[4]

The Parmales actively feed on nanophytoplankton such as Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus and are one of the most important grazers on these cyanobacteria in oligotrophic waters.[5] This heterotrophy serves as an important step in the foundation of the microbial loop.

Etymology

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The name comes from the Latin word for a small, round shield carried by infantry and cavalry. It refers to the silica plates that the Parmales are covered by.[6]

Distribution

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Parmales can be found in all the major world oceans. However, their density is consistently low (10-100 cells/ml) and they represent at most 3% of the phytoplankton present.[3] They are most abundant in polar and subarctic waters but are also capable of growing in tropical and subtropical locations.[7][8]

Within the water column, Parmales are found in the upper, euphotic portion where they remain without difficulty due to their small size. It is currently unknown whether they have mechanisms to regulate buoyancy.[9]

Parmales have also been found as fossils in the Middle America Trench in sediments from the mid to late Quaternary period.[10] Older fossils have been reported but are unverifiable.[11]

Taxonomy

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Although initially placed within the Chrysophyceae, Parmales were shown in 2016 to belong to their own class, Bolidophyceae.[6][3]

References

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  1. ^ Konno, Susumu; Jordan, Richard W (2012). Parmales. eLS. doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0023691. ISBN 978-0470016176.
  2. ^ Silver, M. W.; Mitchell, J. G.; Ringo, D. L. (1980). "Siliceous nanoplankton. II. Newly discovered cysts and abundant choanoflagellates from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica". Marine Biology. 58 (3): 211–217. doi:10.1007/BF00391878. S2CID 84302442.
  3. ^ a b c d Ichinomiya, Mutsuo; dos Santos, Adriana Lopes; Gourvil, Priscillia; Yoshikawa, Shinya; Kamiya, Mitsunobu; Ohki, Kaori; Audic, Stéphane; de Vargas, Colomban; Noël, Mary-Hélène; Vaulot, Daniel; Kuwata, Akira (22 March 2016). "Diversity and oceanic distribution of the Parmales (Bolidophyceae), a picoplanktonic group closely related to diatoms". The ISME Journal. 10 (10): 2419–2434. doi:10.1038/ismej.2016.38. PMC 5030691. PMID 27003244.
  4. ^ Yamada, Kazumasa; Yoshikawa, Shinya; Ichinomiya, Mutsuo; Kuwata, Akira; Kamiya, Mitsunobu; Ohki, Kaori; Lovejoy, Connie (23 July 2014). "Effects of Silicon-Limitation on Growth and Morphology of Triparma laevis NIES-2565 (Parmales, Heterokontophyta)". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103289. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3289Y. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103289. PMC 4108440. PMID 25054645.
  5. ^ Frias-Lopez, Jorge; Thompson, Anne; Waldbauer, Jacob; Chisholm, Sallie W. (February 2009). "Use of stable isotope-labelled cells to identify active grazers of picocyanobacteria in ocean surface waters". Environmental Microbiology. 11 (2): 512–525. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01793.x. PMC 2702499. PMID 19196281.
  6. ^ a b Booth, Beatrice C.; Marchant, Harvey J. (June 1987). "Parmales, A New Order of Marine Chrysophytes, with Descriptions of Three New Genera and Seven New Species". Journal of Phycology. 23 (s2): 245–260. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1987.tb04132.x. S2CID 84582735.
  7. ^ Fujita, Ryohei; Jordan, Richard W. (September 2017). "Tropical Parmales (Bolidophyceae) assemblages from the Sulu Sea and South China Sea, including the description of five new taxa". Phycologia. 56 (5): 499–509. doi:10.2216/16-128.1. S2CID 90190189.
  8. ^ Ichinomiya, M; Kuwata, A (6 July 2015). "Seasonal variation in abundance and species composition of the Parmales community in the Oyashio region, western North Pacific". Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 75 (3): 207–223. doi:10.3354/ame01756.
  9. ^ Kuwata, A.; Jewson, D.H. (2015). "Ecology and evolution of marine diatoms and Parmales". In Ohtsuka, S.; Suzaki, T.; Horiguchi, T.; Suzuki, N; Not, F. (eds.). Marine Protists, Diversity and dynamics. Tokyo: Springer. pp. 251–275.
  10. ^ Stradner, H.; Allram, F. (1982). "Notes on an enigmatic siliceous cyst, Middle America Trench, Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 490". Deep Sea Drilling. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 66 (4): 641–642. doi:10.2973/dsdp.proc.66.124.1982.
  11. ^ Konno, S.; Ohira, R.; Komuro, C.; Harada, N.; Jordan, R (2007). "Six new taxa of subarctic Parmales (Chrysophyceae)" (PDF). J. Nannoplankton Res. 29 (2): 108–128. doi:10.58998/jnr2153. S2CID 259979898. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  12. ^ M.D. Guiry (2016), AlgaeBase, World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway, retrieved 25 October 2016
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