Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Chlorophyceae
Order Volvocales
Family Volvocaceae
Genus Eudorina
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Gibbs Lake, Washington, USA; 200x, phase contrast. 25 Apr 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Gibbs Lake, Washington, USA; Lugol's, 400x, DIC. 25 Apr 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Gibbs Lake, Washington, USA; 1000x, DIC. 25 Apr 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Bremerton, Washington, USA; Kitsap Lake, 200x, PC. 18 May 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg Gibbs Lake, Washington, USA; 1000x, DIC
Publication details
Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg 1832: 78, pl. 2: fig. 10
Original publication: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Eudorina.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1973).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pandorina elegans (Ehrenberg) Dujardin 1841
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Eudorina stagnale Wolle 1887
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg)
Arctic: Ellesmere Island (Croasdale 1973).
Europe: Britain (Pentecost 2002), Portugal (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).
North America: Wisconsin (Prescott 1961, Prescott 1961).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Tasmania (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
(as Pandorina elegans (Ehrenberg) Dujardin)
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (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: vii + 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.
Pentecost, A. (2002). Order Volvocales. 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. 303-327. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Suda, S., Nozaki, H. & Watanabe, M. (2005). Morphology and sexual reproduction of Carteria palmata sp. nov. belonging to the Carteria group I sensu Lembi (Chlorophyceaem Volvocales). Phycologia 44: 596-607.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture 12 Eudorina elegans
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 24/1A Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg
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NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 12 April 2009 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Gottlieb, B. & Goldstein, M.E. (1977). Colony development in Eudorina elegans (Chlorophyta, Volvocales). Journal of Phycology 13: 358-364, 14 figs.
Gottlieb, B. & Goldstein, M.E. (1979). Colchicine-induced alterations in colony development in Eudorina elegans (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 15: 260-265, 22 figs.
Herbst, D.S. & Kemp, C.L. (1976). Serological studies of male and female strains of Eudorina elegans (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 12: 170-172, 1 fig, 1 table.
Hoops, H.J., Long, J.J. & Hile, E.S. (1994). Flagellar apparatus structure is similar but not identical in Volvulina steinii, Eudorina elegans, and Pleodorina illinoisensis (Chlorophyta): implications for the "volvocine evolutionary lineage''. Journal of Phycology 30: 679-689, 33 figs.
Kemp, C.L., Doyle, G. & Anderson, R. (1979). Note: Microfluorometric measurement of DNA in Eudorina elegans and E. californica (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 15: 464-465, 1 fig, 1 table.
Kemp, K.L. & Lee, K.A. (1976). Synchronous growth in the colonial Eudorina elegans (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 12: 105-109, 4 figs, 2 tables.
Lee, K.A. & Kemp, C.L. (1975). Microspectrophotometric analysis of DNA replication in Eudorina elegans (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 14: 247-252, 4 figs, 1 table.
Lee, K.A. & Kemp, C.L. (1976). Chemical estimations of DNA changes during synchronous growth of Eudorina elegans (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 12: 85-88, 3 figs.
Nozaki, H. (1986). Zygote germination in Eudorina elegans var. synoica (Chlorophyta, Volvocales). Journal of Japanese Botany 61: 316-320.
Nozaki, H. (1983). Sexual reproduction in Eudorina elegans (Chlorophyta, Volvocales). Botanical Magazine, Tokyo 96: 103-110.
Toby, A.L. & Kemp, C.L. (1977). Nitrate reductase mutants in Eudorina elegans (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 13: 368-372, 5 figs, 2 tables.
Toby, A.L. & Kemp, C.L. (1980). Nitrosoguanidine and ultraviolet light mutagenesis in Eudorina elegans (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 16: 173-177, 3 figs, 3 tables.
