Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Fragilariophycidae
Superorder Fragilarianae
Order Fragilariales
Family Fragilariaceae
Genus Asterionellopsis

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Seabeck, Washington, USA; Hood Canal, Lugol's, 400x, DIC. 11 Apr 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Seabeck, Washington, USA; Hood Canal, 400x, DIC. 11 Apr 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Seabeck, Washington, USA; Hood Canal, 200x, DIC. 11 Apr 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round Seabeck, Washington, USA; Hood Canal, Lugol's, 400x, DIC

Publication details
Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round in Round, R.M.Crawford & D.G.Mann 1990: 664

Original publication: Round, F.E., Crawford, R.M. & Mann, D.G. (1990). The Diatoms: Biology and morphology of the genera. pp. i-xi, 1-747. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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

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

Basionym
Asterionella glacialis Castracane

Origin of species name
Adjective B (Latin), icy, frozen, or glacial; also meaning, growing in icy-cold regions.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Asterionella glacialis Castracane 1886

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Asterionella japonica Cleve 1882

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Asterionella japonica Cleve)
Asia: Taiwan (Anon. 2012).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).

(as Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round)
Europe: Croatia (Vilicic et al. 2009), Spain (Pérez, Maidana & Comas 2009).

Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, Anon 2011).

North America: Nova Scotia (Kim, Garbary & McLachlan 2004).

South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).

Key references
Allen, A.E., Ward, B.B. & Song, B. (2005). Characterization of diatom (Bacillariophyceae) nitrate reductase genes and their detection in marine phytoplankton communities. Journal of Phycology 41: 95-104.

Bérard-Therriault, L., Poulin, M. & Bossé, L. (1999). Guide d'identification du phytoplancton marin de l'estuaire et du Golfe du Saint-Laurent incluant également certains protozoaires. Publication Spéciale Canadienne des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques 128: 1-387.

Gómez, F. (2008). Phytoplankton invasions: comments on the validity of categorizing the non-indigenous dinoflagellates and diatoms in European Seas. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 620-628.

Hasle, G.R. & Syvertsen, E.E. (1996). Marine diatoms. In: Identifying Marine Phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 5-385. San Diego: Academic Press.

Hoppenrath, M., Elbrächter, M. & Drebes, G. (2009). Marine phytoplankton Selected microphytoplankton species from the North Sea around Helgoland and Sylt. pp. [1]-264, figs 1-87. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.

Kim, K.Y., Garbary D.J. & McLachlan, J.L. (2004). Phytoplankton dynamics in Pomquet Harbour, Nova Scotia: a lagoon in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Phycologia 43: 311-328.

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

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=Asterionellopsis&Species=glacialis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 17 August 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 3646 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=37056

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 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:84048