Rhizosolenia imbricata Brightwell
Publication details
Rhizosolenia imbricata Brightwell 1858: 95, pl. 5: fig. 6
Original publication: Brightwell, T. (1858). Remarks on the genus Rhizosolenia of Ehrenberg. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, London 6: 93-95.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhizosolenia is Rhizosolenia styliformis T.Brightwell.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rhizosolenia shrubsolei Cleve 1881
Rhizosolenia imbricata var. striata (Greville) Grunow 1882
Rhizosolenia imbricata var. shrubsolei (Cleve) Schröder 1906
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Rhizosolenia imbricata Brightwell)
Europe: Croatia (Vilicic et al. 2009), Netherlands (Dijkman & Kromkamp 2007), Romania (Caraus 2012).
South America: Argentina (Sunesen & Sar 2007), Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
Asia: Korea (Lee 2012, Lee 2012), Taiwan (Anon. 2012).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012).
Antarctic and the subantarctic islands: Antarctica/Subantarctic Islands (Scott & Thomas 2005).
(as Rhizosolenia shrubsolei Cleve)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).
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.
Dijkman, N.A. & Kromkamp, J.C. (2007). Photosynthetic characteristics of the phytoplankton in the Scheldt estuary: community and single-cell fluorescence measurements. European Journal of Phycology 41: 425-434.
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.
Lee, J.H. (2012). Algal flora of Korea. Volume 3, Number 6. Chrysophyta: Bacillariophyceae: Centrales: Thalassiosiraceae, Rhizosoleniaceae. Marine diatoms II. pp. [1-6], 1-110, figs 1-70. 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.
Sunesen, I. & Sar, E. A. (2007). Marine diatoms from Buenos Aires coastal waters (Argentina). IV. Rhizosolenia s. str., Neocalyptrella, Pseudosolenia, Proboscia. Phycologia 46(6): 628-643.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Rhizosolenia&species=imbricata
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=Rhizosolenia&Species=imbricata
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 15 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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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 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:82641
