Prymnesium minus (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 minus (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 minor Parke & Manton

Type information
Type locality: sea at Lat. N. 49º19', Long. W. 7º26' (Silva 1996-to date). Type: at 5 m depth. (Silva 1996-to date Notes: Type culture (Plymouth No. 52) in Type Cult. Coll., Cambridge and Mar. Biol. Ass., Plymouth (INA).

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chrysochromulina minor Parke & Manton 1955

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chrysochromulina minor Parke & Manton)
England: England (Edvardsen et al. 2011).

Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976).

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

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Rhodes et al. 2012), Tasmania (LeRoi & Hallegraeff 2004).

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

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=minus

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 87 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=140464

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 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:103758