Chaetoceros atlanticus Cleve
Publication details
Chaetoceros atlanticus Cleve 1873: 11, pl. 2: fig. 8
Original publication: Cleve, P.T. (1873). On diatoms from the Arctic Sea. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1(13): 1-28, 4 pl.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chaetoceros is Chaetoceros tetrachaeta Ehrenberg.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Phaeoceros
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chaetoceros dispar Castracane 1886
Chaetoceros polygonus F.Schütt 1895
Chaetoceros audax F.Schütt 1895
Usage notes
Harmful species
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chaetoceros atlanticus Cleve)
Europe: Croatia (Vilicic et al. 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).
Asia: Russia (Shevchenko et al 2006), Taiwan (Anon. 2012).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Scott & Thomas 2005).
Nomenclatural notes
Kim et al. (2004: 314) cite this as Chaetoceros atlanticus Cleve.
Shevchenko et al. (2006: 237) cite Chaetoceros atlanticus Cleve var. atlanticus. - (8 Jan 2007) - Wendy Guiry
Key references
Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.
Hendey, N.I. (1974). A revised check-list of the British marine diatoms. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 54: 277-300.
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.
Kooistra, W.H.C.F., Sarno, D., Hernández-Becerril, D.U., Assmy, P., Di Prisco, C. & Montresor, M. (2010). Comparative molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses of taxa in the Chaetocerotaceae (Bacillariophyta). Phycologia 49(5): 471-500.
Lee, J.H. (2011). Algal flora of Korea. Volume 3, Number 5. Chrysophyta: Bacillariophyceae: Centrales: Biddulphiineae: Centrales. pp. [1-6], 1-94, figs 1-66. Incheon: National Institute of Biological Resources.
Scott, F.J. & Thomas, D.P. (2005). Diatoms. In: Antarctic marine protists. (Scott, F.J. & Marchant, H.J. Eds), pp. 13-201. Canberra & Hobart: Australian Biological Resources Study; Australian Antarctic Division.
Shevchenko, O.G., Orlova, T.Y. & Hernandez-Becerril, D.U. (2006). The genus Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyta) from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. Botanica Marina 49: 236-258.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Chaetoceros&species=atlanticus
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=Chaetoceros&Species=atlanticus
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 15 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:83863
