Vacuolaria virescens Cienkowski

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Raphidophyceae
Order Chattonellales
Family Vacuolariaceae
Genus Vacuolaria

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Publication details
Vacuolaria virescens Cienkowski 1870: 426, pl. XXIII: figs 19-22

Original publication: Cienkowsky, L. (1870). Über Palmellaceen und einige Flagellaten. Arch. Mikroskop. Anat. 6: 421-438.

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Vacuolaria.

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

Origin of species name
Participle (Latin), becoming green (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Sachsischen Schweiz (Bergbache) (Silva 1996-to date).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Vacuolaria virescens Cienkowski)
Europe: Britain (Pentecost 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).

South America: Brazil (Menezes 2010).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

Nomenclatural notes
1869: 779 (nomen) (INA). - (10 Aug 2012) - Wendy Guiry

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. ..

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 2237 Vacuolaria virescens
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Vacuolaria&species=virescens

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=Vacuolaria&Species=virescens

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 10 August 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1042 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.)

Heywood, P. & Godward, M.B.E. (1972). Centromeric organization in the Chloromodaophycean alga Vacuolaria virescens. Chromosoma 39: 333-339.
Heywood, P. (1972). Structure and origin of flagellar hairs in Vacuolaria virescens. J. Ultrastruc. Res. 39: 608-623.
Heywood, P. (1973). Nutritional studies on the Chloromonadophyceae: Vacuolaria virescens and Gonyostomum semen. Journal of Phycology 9: 156-159, 3 tables.
Heywood, P. (1973). Observations on the nuclear cytology of Vacuolaria virescens. British Phycological Journal 8: 211.
Heywood, P. (1977). Chloroplast structure in the chloromonadophycean alga Vacuolaria virescens. Journal of Phycology 13: 68-72.
Spencer, L.B. (1971). A study of Vacuolaria virescens Cienkowski. Journal of Phycology 7: 274-279, 16 figs.

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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 25 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:53986