Scenedesmus opoliensis P.G.Richter

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Chlorophyceae
Order Sphaeropleales
Family Scenedesmaceae
Subfamily Scenedesmoidea
Genus Scenedesmus

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Publication details
Scenedesmus opoliensis P.G.Richter 1897

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scenedesmus is Scenedesmus obtusus Meyen.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Desmodesmus opoliensis (P.G.Richter) E.Hegewald

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Scenedesmus carinatus f. brevicaudatus Uherkovich
Scenedesmus opoliensis var. setosus Dedusenko

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Scenedesmus opoliensis P.G.Richter)
Europe: Balearic Islands (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Britain (John & Tsarenko 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Portugal (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

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.

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.

CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 276/15 Scenedesmus opoliensis P.G.Richter
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Scenedesmus&species=opoliensis

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=Scenedesmus&Species=opoliensis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 05 September 2011 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1039 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=27889

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. 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 25 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:56730