Diacronema
Genus of single-celled organisms
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diacronema is a genus of haptophytes.
| Diacronema | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Haptista |
| Division: | Haptophyta |
| Class: | Pavlovophyceae |
| Order: | Pavlovales |
| Family: | Pavlovaceae |
| Genus: | Diacronema Prauser, 1958 |
| Species | |
| |
It includes the species Diacronema vlkianum.[1]
The Diacronema genus also includes the marine alga Diacronema lutheri. D. lutheri is a flagellated mobile microalga. It has two apical flagella of different lengths[2] and a haptonema. D.lutheri is capable of producing a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).[3] This characteristic is therefore widely used to feed bivalve molluscs, crustaceans and fish.[3]
