Chrysochromulina parva Lackey

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Haptophyta
Class Coccolithophyceae
Subclass Prymnesiophycidae
Order Prymnesiales
Family Chrysochromulinaceae
Genus Chrysochromulina

• Taxonomy
• References
• Submit Feedback
• Submit Reference
• Links
• Genbank
• Index Nominum Algarum
• Google
• Biodiversity Heritage Library

Publication details
Chrysochromulina parva Lackey 1939: 137, figs 23-26

Original publication: Lackey, J.B. (1939). Notes on plankton flagellates from the Scioto River (with descriptions of new forms). Llyodia 2: 128-143.

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

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), little, small, puny (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Usage notes
Suspected of causing extensive fish mortality in Danish freshwater lakes (Preisig 2002). - (6 Jul 2010) - Wendy Guiry

Type information
Type locality: Big Walnut Creek, Scioto River system, Ohio (Silva 1996-to date).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chrysochromulina parva Lackey)
Europe: Britain (Preisig 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984).

North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), Ontario (Xenopoulos & Frost, 2003, Graham et al. 2007).

South America: Brazil (Bergesh 2010).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

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.

Jordan, R.W., Cros, L. & Young, J.R. (2005). A revised classification scheme for living haptophytes. Micropaleontology 50(Suppl. 1): 55-79.

Lechtreck, K.-F. (2004). An immunofluorescence study of the haptonema of Chrysochromulina parva (Prymnesiophyceae)(Research note). Phycologia 43: 635-640, 31 figs.

Nakayama, T., Yoshida, M., Noël, M.-H., Kawachi, M. & Inouye, I. (2005). Ultrastructure and phylogenetic position of Chrysoculter rhomhoideus gen. et sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae), a new flagellate haptophyte from Japanese coastal waters. Phycologia 44: 369-383.

Preisig, H.R. (2002). Phylum Haptophyta. 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. 211-213. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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

Throndsen, J. (1996). The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 591-730. San Diego: Academic Press.

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

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=Chrysochromulina&Species=parva

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 03 November 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1051 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.)

Lechtreck, K.-F. (2004). An immunofluorescence study of the haptonema of Chrysochromulina parva (Prymnesiophyceae)(Research note). Phycologia 43: 635-640, 31 figs.
Parke, M., Lund, J.W.G. & Manton, I. (1962). Observations on the biology and fine structure of the type species of Chrysochromulina (C. parva Lackey) in the English Lake District. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 42: 333-352.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=32777

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. 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 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:53985