Euglena agilis H.J.Carter

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Phylum Euglenophyta
Class Euglenophyceae
Order Euglenales
Family Euglenaceae (1)
Genus Euglena

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Publication details
Euglena agilis H.J.Carter 1856: 240, pl. VI fig. 62

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Euglena pisciformis Klebs

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

General environment
This is a Brackish species.

Type information
Type locality: India: brackish water of main drain of Bombay (Silva 1996-to date).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Euglena agilis H.J.Carter)
Europe: Britain (Wolowski 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Turkey (Europe) (Ersanli & Gönülol 2006).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), Oregon (Kingston & Gough 2009).

South America: Brazil (Alves-da-Silva & Menezes 2010).

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

Nomenclatural notes
n. sp. ?; named only with pl. description (INA). - (7 Dec 2011) - Wendy Guiry

Key references
Nudelman, M.A., Rossi, M.S., Conforti, V. & Triemer, R.E. (2003). Phylogeny of Euglenophyceae based on small subunit rDNA sequences: taxonomic implications. Journal of Phycology 39: 226-235.

Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1224/42 Euglena agilis H.J.Carter
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Euglena&species=agilis

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=Euglena&Species=agilis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 07 December 2011 by Wendy Guiry

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Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=32658

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:105863