Chroomonas commutata (Pascher) R.W.Butcher

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Pyrenomonadales
Family Chroomonadaceae
Genus Chroomonas

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Publication details
Chroomonas commutata (Pascher) R.W.Butcher 1967: 29

Original publication: Butcher, R.W. (1967). An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part IV: Cryptophyceae. Fishery Investigations, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, Series IV Part IV: vi + 54, 22 pls.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chroomonas is Chroomonas nordstedtii Hansgirg.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Cryptochrysis commutata Pascher

Type information
Epitype locality: Moat of castle Hülshoff, Münster, Germany (Hoef-Emden 2007: 425). Epitype: Permanent slide of strain M1975 (epitype) (Strain isolated by M. Melkonian); CCAC CRYP.E.009 (Hoef-Emden 2007: 416).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chroomonas commutata (Pascher) R.W.Butcher)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).

Key references
Caraus, I. (2002). The algae of Romania. Studii si Cercetari, Universitatea Bacau, Biologie 7: 1-694.

Dillard, G.E. (2007). Freshwater algae of the southeastern United States Part 8. Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Cryptophyceae and Dinophyceae. Bibliotheca Phycologica 112: [i-vi], 1-127, 22 pls.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Chroomonas&species=commutata

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Chroomonas&Species=commutata

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 June 2006 by Sandy Lawson

Verified by: 30 April 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 185 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=129197

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:78137