Chaetoceros borealis J.W.Bailey

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae
Superorder Chaetocerotanae
Order Chaetocerotales
Family Chaetocerotaceae
Genus Chaetoceros

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Publication details
Chaetoceros borealis J.W.Bailey 1854: 8, pl. 1: figs 22, 23

Original publication: Bailey, J.W. (1854). Notes on new species and localities of microscopical organisms. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 7(3): 1-15, pl. 1.

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), north, northern (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Usage notes
Harmful species

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chaetoceros borealis J.W.Bailey)
Europe: Croatia (Vilicic et al. 2009).

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

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

Asia: Korea (Lee 2011).

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

Nomenclatural notes
Bérard-Therriault et al. (1999: 43) records this species as Chaetoceros borealis Bailey 1854.

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.

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.

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

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=borealis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 15 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 493 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=37397

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 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:83862