Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Trebouxiophyceae
Order Chlorellales
Family Chlorellaceae
Genus Actinastrum
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Ontario, Canada; Lake of the Woods, Lugol's, 1000x, DIC, Hedy Kling Algal Taxonomy and Ecology Inc.. 25 Jul 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).
Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim Ontario, Canada; Lake of the Woods, Lugol's, 1000x, DIC, Hedy Kling Algal Taxonomy and Ecology Inc.
Publication details
Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim 1882: 70, pl. III: figs 25, 26
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Actinastrum.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a Freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: Sweden: Stockholm, Hammarbysjon, Danviken (Silva 1996-to date).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Actinastrum hantzschii Lagerheim)
Europe: Britain (John & Tsarenko 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998, Zafra & Aboal 2004, Fanés Treviño, Comas González & Sánchez Castillo 2009, Pérez, Maidana & Comas 2009, Pérez, Maidana & Comas 2009, Pérez, Comas & Maidana 2010, Pérez, Comas & Maidana 2010), Sweden (Silva 1996-to date), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).
Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Comas González 2008).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006), Taiwan (Anon. 2012).
South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Broady et al. 2012), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Source of synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..
Key references
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: i-vii, 1-276.
Gors, M., Schumann, R., Gustavs, L. & Karsten, U. (2010). The potential of ergosterol as chemotaxonomic marker to differenciate between "Chlorella" species (Chlorophyta) (Note). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1296-1300.
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.
John, D.M. & Tsarenko, P.M. (2002). Order Chlorococcales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 327-409. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Krienitz, L., Hegewald, E.H., Hepperle, D., Huss, V.A.R., Rohr, T. & Wolf, M. (2004). Phylogenetic relationship of Chlorella and Parachlorella gen. nov. (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Phycologia 43: 529-542, 19 figs, 3 tables.
Tsarenko, P.M. (2011). Trebouxiophyceae. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 3: Chlorophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 61-108. Ruggell: A.R.A. Gantner Verlag K.-G..
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 605 Actinastrum hantzschii
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Actinastrum&species=hantzschii
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=Actinastrum&Species=hantzschii
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:90872
