Cryptomonas platyuris Skuja

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Cryptomonadales
Family Cryptomonadaceae
Genus Cryptomonas

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Publication details
Cryptomonas platyuris Skuja 1948: 358, pl. XXXVII: figs 37, 38

Type species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

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.

Type information
Type locality: Sabysjon, Uppland, Sweden (Silva 1996-to date).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cryptomonas platyuris Skuja)
Europe: Britain (Wolowski 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010).

South America: Brazil (Menezes 2010).

Asia: Japan (Hoef-Emden & Melkonian 2003).

Key references
Dillard, G.E. (2007). Freshwater algae of the southeastern United States Part 8. Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Cryptophyceae and Dinophyceae. Bibliotheca Phycologica 112: [i-vi], 1-127, 22 pls.

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

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

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=Cryptomonas&Species=platyuris

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 30 August 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 856 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=32735

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 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:54026