Prymnesium kappa (Parke & Manton) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Haptophyta
Class Coccolithophyceae
Subclass Prymnesiophycidae
Order Prymnesiales
Family Prymnesiaceae
Genus Prymnesium

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Publication details
Prymnesium kappa (Parke & Manton) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert in Edvardsen et al. 2011: 223

Original publication: Edvardsen, B., Eikrem, W., Throndsen, J., Sáez, A.G., Probert, I. & Medlin, L.K. (2011). Ribosomal DNA phylogenies and a morphological revision provide the basis for a revised taxonomy of the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). European Journal of Phycology 46(3): 202-228.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prymnesium is Prymnesium saltans J.Massart.

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

Basionym
Chrysochromulina kappa Parke & Manton

Type information
Type locality: sea off Port Erin, Isle of Man (Silva 1996-to date). Type: October 1955; sea. (Silva 1996-to date Notes: Type culture in Type Cult. Coll., Cambridge and Mar. Biol. Ass., Plymouth (INA).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chrysochromulina kappa Parke & Manton 1955

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chrysochromulina kappa Parke & Manton)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976), Mediterranean Sea (Percopo et al. 2011), Norway (Percopo et al. 2011 , Edvardsen et al. 2011).

North America: Maine (Guo et al. 2012 ).

South America: Brazil (Bergesch et al. 2008, Bergesh 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Rhodes et al. 2012).

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

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=Prymnesium&Species=kappa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 October 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 26 October 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 77 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=140462

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:103756