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.

= Autotrophic species =

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