Cyanophora sudae

Cyanophora sudae is a species of algae classified as a glaucophyte. It was first described as a distinct species in 2014, identified from a strain collected in Ibaraki, Japan.^[1] It was named after the collector of the first strain, Dr. Soichiro Suda of University of the Ryukyus.^[1]

Cyanophora sudae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Glaucophyta
Class:	Glaucophyceae
Order:	Glaucocystales
Family:	Glaucocystaceae
Genus:	Cyanophora
Species:	C. sudae
Binomial name
Cyanophora sudae Tos.Takah. & Nozaki 2014

Morphology

Cyanophora sudae cells have been described as being broad and bean-shaped, with sizes ranging from 9-12 μm in length and 4-9 μm in width.^[1] Cells have anywhere between 2-8 plastids, although they generally have four.^[1] Honeycomb-shaped patterns have been observed on the surface of C. sudae cells when viewed via SEM microscopy.^[2]

Phylogeny

Within Cyanophora, C. sudae is considered to be most closely related to Cyanophora biloba, on the basis of the similarity of plastid and mitochondrial DNA.^[3]