Astasia margaritifera Schmarda

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Phylum Euglenophyta
Class Euglenophyceae
Order Eutreptiales
Family Astasiaceae
Genus Astasia

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Publication details
Astasia margaritifera Schmarda 1846: 17, pl. I: fig. V

Original publication: Schmarda, L.K. (1846). Kleine Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Infusorien. Wien, Verlag der Carl. pp. [i]-vi, 1-61. Wein [Vienna]: Verlag der Carl Haas'schen Buchhanlung.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Astasia is Astasia limpida Dujardin.

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

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Astasia margaritifera Schmarda)
South America: Brazil (Alves-da-Silva & Menezes 2010).

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

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Astasia&species=margaritifera

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=Astasia&Species=margaritifera

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 03 June 2012 by Michael Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 303 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=30487

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Michael 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 20 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86538