Volvox tertius Meyer

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 name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Merillosphaera tertia (Meyer) Shaw

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Volvox bernardii Playfair
Volvox mononae G.M.Smith

Type information
Type locality: Near Marburg, Germany (Silva 1996-to date). Type: Pool. (Silva 1996-to date

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.

Herron, M.D., Desnitskiy, A.G. & Michod, R.E. (2010). Evolution of developmental programs in Volvox (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 46(2): 316-324.

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

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 18 May 2010 by Wendy Guiry

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