List of eukaryotic picoplankton species

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

Cryptophyceae

Hillea marina (Butcher), 1.5 - 2.5 µm, marine

Prymnesiaceae

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

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, marin

Cercomonadida

Massisteria marina (Larsen et Patterson), 2.5 - 6.5 µm, marine

Plasmodiophorida

Phagomyxa odontellae (Kühn, Schnepf & Bulman), 3 - 4 µm, marine

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