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.

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

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

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

Cercomonadida

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

Plasmodiophorea

 * 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