Chaetoceros debilis Cleve
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Bacillariophyceae
Subclass Coscinodiscophycidae
Superorder Chaetocerotanae
Order Chaetocerotales
Family Chaetocerotaceae
Genus Chaetoceros
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Silverdale, Washington, USA, Waterfront Park, Lugol's, 1000x, DIC. 28 Mar 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

Silverdale, Washington, USA, Waterfront Park, Lugol's, 200x, DIC. 28 Mar 2009. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net).

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Publication details
Chaetoceros debilis Cleve 1894: 13, pl. 1: fig. 2
Original publication: Cleve, P.T. (1894). Redogörelse för de svenska hydrografiska undersökningarne Åren 1893-1894. II. Planktonundersökningar, Cilicoflagellater och Diatomacéer . Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Afd. III 20(2): 1-16, 2 pls .
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 Hyalochaete
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), weak.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chaetoceros vermiculatus F.Schütt 1895
General environment
This is a marine species.
Usage notes
Harmful species
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chaetoceros debilis Cleve)
North America: Nova Scotia (Kim, Garbary & McLachlan 2004).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
Asia: Japan (Ishii et al. 2011), Korea (Lee 2011), Russia (Shevchenko et al 2006).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Scott & Thomas 2005).
Key references
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.
Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.
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.
Ishii, K.-I, Iwataki, M., Matsuoka, K. & Imai, I. (2011). Proposal of identification criteria for resting spores of Chaetoceros species (Bacillariophyceae) from a temperate coastal sea. Phycologia 50(4): 351-362.
Jameson, I. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2010). Planktonic diatoms. In: Algae of Australia. Phytoplankton of temperate waters. (Hallegraeff, G.M., Bolch, C.J.S., Hill, D.R.A., Jameson, I, LeRoi, J.-M., McMinn, A., Murray, S., de Salas, M.F. & Saunders, K. Eds), pp. 16-82. Canberra & Melbourne: ABRS; CSIRO Publishing.
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.
CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1010/6 Chaetoceros debilis Cleve debile
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Chaetoceros&species=debilis
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=debilis
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 15 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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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 21 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:83847




