Original Papers

A Cryptic Marine Ciliate Feeds on Progametes of Noctiluca scintillans
Shuwen Zhang, Kit Yu Karen Chan, Zhuo Shen, Shunyan Cheung, Michael R. Landry, Hongbin Liu

The Cytoskeleton Architecture of Algivorous Protoplast Feeders (Viridiraptoridae, Rhizaria) Indicates Actin-Guided Perforation of Prey Cell Walls
Anna Busch, Sebastian Hess

Cobalamin-independent Methionine Synthase Distribution and Influence on Vitamin B12 Growth Requirements in Marine Diatoms
Kelsey A. Ellis, Natalie R. Cohen, Carly Moreno, Adrian Marchetti

Molecular and Morphological Investigations of the Stauros-bearing, Raphid Pennate Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae): Craspedostauros E.J. Cox, and Staurotropis T.B.B. Paddock, and their Relationship to the Rest of the Mastogloiales
Matt P. Ashworth, Christopher S. Lobban, Andrzej Witkowski, Edward C. Theriot,
Meeshal J. Sabir, Mohammad N. Baeshen, Nahid H. Hajarah, Nabih A. Baeshen,
Jamal S. Sabir, Robert K. Jansen

Description of Phytomonas oxycareni n. sp. from the Salivary Glands of Oxycarenus lavaterae
Emily A. Seward, Jan Votýpka, Petr Kment, Julius Lukeš, Steven Kelly

Budding of the Alveolate Alga Vitrella brassicaformis Resembles Sexual and Asexual Processes in Apicomplexan Parasites
Zoltán Füssy, Petra Masařová, Jitka Kručinská, Heather J. Esson, Miroslav Oborník

Shedding Light on the Polyphyletic Thecate Amoeba Genus Plagiophrys: Transition of Some of its Species to Rhizaspis (Tectofilosida, Thecofilosea,
Cercozoa) and the Establishment of Sacciforma gen. nov. and Rhogostomidae
fam. nov. (Cryomonadida, Thecofilosea, Cercozoa)
Kenneth Dumack, Hüsna Öztoprak, Lioba Rüger, Michael Bonkowski

Description of Hyalodiscus flabellus sp. nov. (Vampyrellida, Rhizaria) and Identification of its Bacterial Endosymbiont, “Candidatus Megaira polyxenophila” (Rickettsiales, Alphaproteobacteria)
Sebastian Hess

Clarification of Photorespiratory Processes and the Role of Malic Enzyme in Diatoms
Aubrey Davis, Raffaela Abbriano, Sarah R. Smith, Mark Hildebrand