Chroomonas salina (Wislough) Butcher

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

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Publication details
Chroomonas salina (Wislough) Butcher 1967: 33-36

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

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Rhodomonas salina (Wislouch) D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee

Basionym
Cryptomonas salina Wislouch

Type information
Type locality: USSR: various locations in Crimea and the Caucasus (Silva 1996-to date).

Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), saline (Stearn 1973).

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

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chroomonas salina (Wislough) Butcher)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).

Source of synonymy
Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1989). A reappraisal of the genus Rhodomonas (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia 28: 143-158.

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

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

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=salina

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 June 2006 by Sandy Lawson

Verified by: 07 February 2007 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 730 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Antia, N. J., Cheng, J. Y. & Taylor, F. J. R. (1969). The heterotrophic growth of a marine photosynthetic cryptomonad (Chroomonas salina). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 6: 17-20.
Antia, N.J., Cheng, J.Y., Foyle, R.A.J. & Percival, E. (1979). Marine cryptomonad starch from autolysis of glycerol-grown Chroomonas salina. Journal of Phycology 15: 57-62, 2 figs, 2 tables.
Antia, N.J., Kalley, J.P., McDonald, J. & Bisalputra, T. (1973). Ultrastructure of the marine cryptomonad Chroomonas salina cultured under conditions of photoautotrophy and glycerol-heterotrophy. Journal of Protozoology 20: 377-385.
Santore, U.J. (1977). Scanning electron microscopy and comparative micromorphology of the periplast of Hemiselmis rufescens, Chroomonas sp., Chroomonas salina and members of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae). British Phycological Journal 12: 255-270, 23 figs.

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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 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.