Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Conjugatophyceae
Order Desmidiales
Family Desmidiaceae
Genus Cosmarium

Pictures

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Ornamental pond, Strathtyrum House, St Andrews, Scotland.. 02 Aug 2009. © C.F.Carter (Chris.Carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Apical views at different focus points. Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire UK.. 15 Apr 2010. © C.F.Carter (Chris.Carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire UK.. 15 Apr 2010. © C.F.Carter (Chris.Carter@6cvw.freeuk.com).

Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, 400x, DIC. 11 May 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA; pond, 1000x, DIC. 26 Oct 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs Ornamental pond, Strathtyrum House, St Andrews, Scotland.

Publication details
Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs 1848: 99, pl. XVI: fig. 1

Original publication: Ralfs, J. (1848). The British Desmidieae. pp. [i]-xxii, [i], [1]-226, pls I-XXXV. London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cosmarium is Cosmarium undulatum Corda ex Ralfs.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Euastrum botrytis (Ralfs) Nägeli 1849

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs)
Europe: Andorra (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Austria (Lenzenweger 1999), Balearic Islands (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Britain (Brook & Johnson 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Czech Republic (Stastny 2010), Czech Republic and/or Slovakia (Drummond et al 2005), France (Kouwets 1999, Anon. 2012), Ireland (John, Williamson & Guiry 2011), Italy (Abdelahad et al. 2003), Netherlands (Coesel 1991), Portugal (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Serbia (Fuzinato et al. 2011 ), Slovenia (Vrhovsek et al. 2006), Spain (Aboal 1991, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

Caribbean Islands: Cuba (Comas González 2008).

South America: Brazil (Araújo et al. 2010).

South-west Asia: Pakistan (Hussain et al. 2010).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Croasdale & Flint 1988, Broady et al. 2012), Queensland (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

Taxonomic notes
Originally described by Meneghini (1840: 220) which predates the stating date of the desmids (Ralfs, 1848). - (25 Apr 2009) - David John

Key references
Brook, A.J. & Johnson, L.R. (2002). Order Zygnematales. 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. 479-593. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, K.[J.] (2007). Desmids of the Lowlands Mesotaeniaceae and Desmidaceae of the European Lowlands. pp. [1]-351, 20 text-figs, 123 pls. Zeist: KNNV Publishing.

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.

Kouwets, F.A.C. (1999). A check-list of desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygnemaphyceae) of France. Patrimoines Natureles 41: 1-148.

Martello, G.V. (2004). Le Demnidiée (Chlorophyta, Zygnematophyceae) dei "Sette Laghi"nel massiccio montuoso dei Lagorai: ecologia e distribuzione in relazione all'acidita delle acque. The Desmids (Chlorophyta,Zygematophyceae) of the "Sette Laghi" in the mountainous group of the Lagorai: ecology and distribution in relationshipwith the pH of the water where they live. Natura Vicentina 8: 5-32.

Martello, G.V. (2006). Closterium parvulum Nägeli var. lenzenwegeriense, description of a new variety. Algological Studies 120: 15-19.

Martello, G.V. (2006). Le Desmidiée (Chlorophyta, Zygnematophyceae) del Laghetto di Costa d'Agra,sull'Altopiano de Tonezza (VI). The Desmids (Chlorophyta, Zygematophyceae) of the Costa d'Agra Lake, on the Tonezza Plateau (VI). Natura Vicentina 10: 113-128.

West, W. & West, G.S. (1912). A monograph of the British Desmidiaceae. IV. pp. [i]-xiv, [1]-194, pl. 96-128. London: The Ray Society.

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture 175 Cosmarium botrytis
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 612/1A Cosmarium botrytis Meneghini ex Ralfs
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Cosmarium&species=botrytis

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=Cosmarium&Species=botrytis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 29 November 2009 by David John

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1724 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Berliner, M.D. & Guth, E. (1979). Zygote formation in Cosmarium botrytis studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, phase-contrast, and calcofluor staining. Protoplasma 101: 1-10.
Berliner, M.D. (1981). Hormone effects on Cosmarium botrytis cell division. Cytobios 30: 89-99.
Brandham, P.E. & Godward, M.B.E. (1964). The production and inheritance of the haploid triradiate form in Cosmarium botrytis. Phycologia 4: 75-83, 6 figs, 2 tables.
Lott, J.N.A., Harris, G.P. & Turner, C.D. (1972). The cell wall of Cosmarium botrytis. Journal of Phycology 8: 232-236, 9 figs.
Pickett-Heaps, J. (1972). Cell division in Cosmarium botrytis. Journal of Phycology 8: 343-360, 46 figs, 1 diagram.
Tews, L.L. (1969). Dimorphism in Cosmarium botrytis var. depressum. Journal of Phycology 5: 270-271, 4 figs.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:56342