Chroomonas collegionis Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Pyrenomonadales
Family Chroomonadaceae
Genus Chroomonas

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Publication details
Chroomonas collegionis Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill 1991: 134, 135

Original publication: Hill, D.R.A. (1991). Chroomonas and other blue-green cryptomonads. Journal of Phycology 27: 133-145, 44 figs.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chroomonas is Chroomonas nordstedtii Hansgirg.

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chroomonas collegionis Butcher 1967

General environment
This is a Brackish species.

Type information
Lectotype locality: England: salt marsh, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (Silva 1996-to date). Lectotype: Pl. II: fig. 2 in Butcher (1967). (epitype) (Hill 1991: 134).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chroomonas collegionis Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill)
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Hill 1991).

Nomenclatural notes
Original description invalid as no type was designated. Validated subsequently by D.R.A. Hill. - (3 Jul 2006) - Wendy Guiry

Key references
Butcher, R.W. (1967). An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part IV: Cryptophyceae. Fishery Investigations, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, Series IV Part IV: vi + 54, 22 pls.

Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

Throndsen, J. (1996). The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 591-730. San Diego: Academic Press.

CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 978/11 Chroomonas collegionis Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Chroomonas&species=collegionis

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=Chroomonas&Species=collegionis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 05 June 2012 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 234 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=41525

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy 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:51389