# 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 Miyashita et Chihara, 3 – 5.5 μm, marine
* Prasinoderma coloniale Hasegawa et Chihara, 2.5 – 5.5 μm, marine

### 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

#### Mamiellophyceae

* 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

#### Pyramimonadophyceae

* 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
#### 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

### 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, marin

## Heterotrophic species
### Cercozoa
#### Cercomonadida

* Massisteria marina Larsen et Patterson, 2.5 – 6.5 μm, marine

#### Plasmodiophorida

* 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