List of eukaryotic picoplankton species

List of eukaryotic species that belong to picoplankton, meaning one of their cell dimensions is smaller than 3 μm.

Autotrophic species

Prasinodermophyta

• Prasinococcus capsulatus <small>Miyashita et Chihara</small>, 3 – 5.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Prasinoderma coloniale <small>Hasegawa et Chihara</small>, 2.5 – 5.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Chlorophyta

Chlorophyceae

• Stichococcus cylindricus <small>Butcher</small>, 3 – 4.5&nbsp;μm, brackish

Pedinophyceae

• Marsupiomonas pelliculata <small>Jones et al.</small>, 3 – 3&nbsp;μm, brackish-marine
• Resultor micron <small>Moestrup</small>, 1.5 – 2.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Mamiellophyceae

• Bathycoccus prasinos <small>Eikrem et Throndsen</small>, 1.5 – 2.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Crustomastix stigmatica <small>Zingone</small>, 3 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Dolichomastix lepidota <small>Manton</small>, 2.5 – 2.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Dolichomastix eurylepidea <small>Manton</small>, 3&nbsp;μm, marine
• Dolichomastix tenuilepis <small>Throndsen et Zingone</small>, 3 – 4.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Mantoniella squamata <small>Desikachary</small>, 3 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Micromonas pusilla <small>Manton et Parke</small>, 1 – 3&nbsp;μm, marine
• Ostreococcus tauri <small>Courties et Chrétiennot-Dinet</small>, 0.8 – 1.1&nbsp;μm, marine
• Picocystis salinarum <small>Lewin</small>, 2 – 3&nbsp;μm, hypersaline

Pyramimonadophyceae

• Pseudoscourfieldia marina <small>Manton</small>, 3 – 3.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Pycnococcus provasolii <small>Guillard</small>, 1.5 – 4&nbsp;μm, marine
• Pyramimonas virginica <small>Pennick</small>, 2.7 – 3.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Trebouxiophyceae

• Chlorella nana <small>Andreoli et al.</small>, 1.5 – 3&nbsp;μm, marine
• Picochlorum oklahomensis <small>Henley et al.</small>, 2 – 2&nbsp;μm, hypersaline
• Picochlorum atomus <small>Henley et al.</small>, 2 – 3&nbsp;μm, brackish
• Picochlorum eukaryotum <small>Henley et al.</small>, 3 – 3&nbsp;μm, marine
• Picochlorum maculatus <small>Henley et al.</small>, 3 – 3&nbsp;μm, brackish

Cryptophyta

Cryptophyceae

• Hillea marina <small>Butcher</small>, 1.5 – 2.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Haptophyta

Prymnesiaceae

• Chrysochromulina tenuisquama <small>Estep et al.</small>, 2 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Chrysochromulina minor <small>Parke et Manton</small>, 2.5 – 7.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Chrysochromulina apheles <small>Moestrup et Thomsen</small>, 3 – 4&nbsp;μm, marine
• Dicrateria inornata <small>Parke</small>, 3 – 5.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Ericiolus spiculiger <small>Thomsen</small>, 3 – 3.8&nbsp;μm, marine
• Imantonia rotunda <small>Reynolds</small>, 2 – 4&nbsp;μm, marine
• Phaeocystis cordata <small>Zingone</small>, 3 – 4&nbsp;μm, marine
• Phaeocystis pouchetii <small>Lagerheim</small>, 3 – 8&nbsp;μm, marine
• Trigonaspis minutissima <small>H.A.Thomsen</small>, 2 – 3.6&nbsp;μm, marine

Heterokontophyta (Stramenopiles)

Bacillariophyceae

• Minidiscus comicus <small>Takano</small>, 2 – 7&nbsp;μm, marine
• Minidiscus trioculatus <small>Hasle</small>, 2.5 – 3.8&nbsp;μm, marine
• Minidiscus spinulosus <small>Gao, Chang et Chin</small>, 3 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Minidiscus chilensis <small>Rivera</small>, 3 – 7.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Minutocellus polymorphus <small>Hasle, von Stosch et Syverstsen</small>, 2 – 30&nbsp;μm, marine
• Minutocellus scriptus <small>Hasle, von Stosch et Syverstsen</small>, 3 – 36&nbsp;μm, marine
• Skeletonema menzelii <small>Guillard, Carpenter et Reimann</small>, 2 – 7&nbsp;μm, marine
• Skeletonema pseudocostatum <small>Medlin</small>, 2 – 9&nbsp;μm, marine
• Skeletonema japonicum <small>Zingone et Sarno</small>, 2 – 10&nbsp;μm, marine
• Skeletonema grethae <small>Zingone et Sarno</small>, 2 – 10.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Skeletonema marinoi <small>Sarno et Zingone</small>, 2 – 12&nbsp;μm, marine
• Thalassiosira pseudonana <small>Hasle et Heimdal</small>, 2.3 – 5.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Bolidophyceae

• Bolidomonas pacifica <small>Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet</small>, 1 – 1.7&nbsp;μm, marine
• Bolidomonas mediterranea <small>Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet</small>, 1 – 1.7&nbsp;μm, marine

Chrysophyceae

• Ollicola vangoorii <small>Conrad (Vors)</small>, 2.5 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Tetraparma pelagica <small>Booth et Marchant</small>, 2.2 – 2.8&nbsp;μm, marine
• Tetraparma insecta <small>Bravo-Sierra et Hernández-Becerril</small>, 2.8 – 3.8&nbsp;μm, marine
• Triparma laevis <small>Booth</small>, 2.2 – 3.1&nbsp;μm, marine
• Triparma columacea <small>Booth</small>, 2.3 – 4.7&nbsp;μm, marine
• Triparma retinervis <small>Booth</small>, 2.7 – 4.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Dictyochophyceae

• Florenciella parvula <small>Eikrem</small>, 3 – 6&nbsp;μm, marine

Eustigmatophyceae

• Nannochloropsis granulata <small>Karlson et Potter</small>, 2 – 4&nbsp;μm, marine
• Nannochloropsis salina <small>Hibberd</small>, 3 – 4&nbsp;μm, brackish
• Nannochloropsis oceanica <small>Suda et Miyashita</small>, 3 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine

Pelagophyceae

• Aureococcus anophagefferens <small>Hargraves et Sieburth</small>, 1.5 – 2&nbsp;μm, marine
• Aureoumbra lagunensis <small>Stockwell et al.</small>, 2.5 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Pelagococcus subviridis <small>Norris</small>, 2.5 – 5.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Pelagomonas calceolata <small>Andersen et Saunders</small>, 2 – 3&nbsp;μm, marine

Pinguiophyceae

• Pinguiochrysis pyriformis <small>Kawachi</small>, 1 – 3&nbsp;μm, marine
• Pinguiococcus pyrenoidosus <small>Andersen et al.</small>, 3 – 8&nbsp;μm, marin

Heterotrophic species

Cercozoa

Cercomonadida

• Massisteria marina <small>Larsen et Patterson</small>, 2.5 – 6.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Plasmodiophorida

• Phagomyxa odontellae <small>Kühn, Schnepf & Bulman</small>, 3 – 4&nbsp;μm, marine

Stramenopiles

Bicosoecida

• Caecitellus parvulus <small>Patterson et al.</small>, 3 – 10&nbsp;μm, marine
• Pseudobodo minima <small>Ruinen</small>, 2&nbsp;μm, marine
• Symbiomonas scintillans <small>Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet</small>, 1.2 – 1.5&nbsp;μm, marine

Chrysophyceae

• Paraphysomonas imperforata <small>Lucas</small>, 1.7 – 5.1&nbsp;μm, marine
• Paraphysomonas corbidifera <small>Pennick and Clarke</small>, 2 – 3.25&nbsp;μm, marine
• Paraphysomonas antarctica <small>Takahashi</small>, 2 – 4.3&nbsp;μm, marine
• Paraphysomonas caelifrica <small>Preisig and Hibberd</small>, 2.5 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Paraphysomonas cribosa <small>Lucas</small>, 3 – 4&nbsp;μm, marine
• Paraphysomonas sideriophora <small>Thomsen</small>, 3 – 5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Paraphysomonas capreolata <small>Preisig and Hibberd</small>, 3 – 6.5&nbsp;μm, marine
• Paraphysomonas gladiata <small>Preisig and Hibberd</small>, 3 – 8&nbsp;μm, marine
• Picophagus flagellatus <small>Guillou et Chrétiennot-Dinet</small>, 1.4 – 2.5&nbsp;μm, marine