Protococcus viridis C.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Chlorophyceae
Order Chlamydomonadales
Family Chlamydomonadaceae
Genus Protococcus

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Publication details
Protococcus viridis C.Agardh 1824: 13

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Protococcus is Protococcus nivalis (F.A.Bauer) C.Agardh.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Desmococcus olivaceus (Persoon ex Acharius) J.R.Laundon

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

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

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Protococcus viridis C.Agardh)
Arctic: Ellesmere Island (Croasdale 1973).

Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).

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

Source of synonymy
Ettl, H. & Gärtner, G. (1995). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen. pp. i-vii, 1-721. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.

Key references
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: i-vii, 1-276.

John, D.M. (2002). Orders Chaetophorales, Klebshormidiales, Microsporales, Ulotrichales. 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. 433-468. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Prescott, G.W. (1961). Algae of the western Great Lakes area With an illustrated key to the genera of desmids and freshwater diatoms. Revised edition. pp. i-xiii, 1-977. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown.

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

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=Protococcus&Species=viridis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 13 July 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 846 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=36442

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.