Volvox tertius Meyer
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Chlorophyceae
Order Volvocales
Family Volvocaceae
Genus Volvox
Publication details
Volvox tertius Meyer 1896: 188
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Volvox is Volvox aureus Ehrenberg.
Status of name
This is regarded as a current name.
Synonym(s)
Volvox bernardii Playfair
Volvox mononae G.M. Smith
Merillosphaera tertia (Meyer) Shaw
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Volvox tertius Meyer)
Europe: Britain (Pentecost 2002), Portugal (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).
North America: Michigan (Prescott 1961), Wisconsin (Prescott 1961).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Source of synonymy
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.
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.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 132 Volvox tertius
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 88/3B Volvox tertius Meyer
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SAG Cultures
88-3 Volvox tertius
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 16 samples identified as Volvox tertius.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 February 2007 by M.D. Guiry
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