Guillardia theta D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Pyrenomonadales
Family Geminigeraceae
Genus Guillardia

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Publication details
Guillardia theta D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee 1990: 1873, figs 1-7

Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Guillardia.

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

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: USA: Connecticut: Milford Harbor (Silva 1996-to date).

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

Key references
Deane, J.A., Hill, D.R.A., Brett, S.J. & McFadden, G.I. (1998). Hanusia phi gen. et sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae): characterization of 'Cryptomonas sp. F'. European Journal of Phycology 33: 149-154, 13 figs.

Ghoshrov, S. & Robertson, D.L. (2012). Molecular evolution of glutamine synthetase II and III in the chromalveolates. Journal of Phycology 48(3): 768-783.

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

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=Guillardia&Species=theta

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 30 August 2012 by Wendy Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1990). Guillardia theta gen. et sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae). Canadian Journal of Botany 68: 1873-1876.
Leitsch, C.E.W., Kowallik, K.V. & Douglas, S. (1999). The atpA gene cluster of Guillardia theta (Cryptophyta): A piece in the puzzle of chloroplast genome evolution. Journal of Phycology 35: 128-135, 3 figs, 1 table.

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Citing AlgaeBase
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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:50363