Rhodomonas salina (Wislouch) D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Pyrenomonadales
Family Pyrenomonadaceae
Genus Rhodomonas

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Publication details
Rhodomonas salina (Wislouch) D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee 1989: 149, figs 15-21

Original publication: Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1989). A reappraisal of the genus Rhodomonas (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia 28: 143-158.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodomonas is Rhodomonas baltica Karsten.

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

Basionym
Cryptomonas salina Wislouch

Type information
Type locality: USSR: various locations in Crimea and the Caucasus (Silva 1996-to date).

Origin of species name
Adjective A (Latin), saline (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cryptomonas salina Wislouch 1924
Chroomonas salina (Wislough) Butcher 1967
Pyrenomonas salina (S.M.Wislouch) U.J.Santore 1984

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cryptomonas salina Wislouch)
North America: Massachusetts (Hulburt 1965).

(as Chroomonas salina (Wislough) Butcher)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002).

(as Rhodomonas salina (Wislouch) D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee)
Europe: Italy (Cerino & Zingone 2007), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).

South America: Brazil (Menezes 2010).

Australia and New Zealand: Australia (Hill & Wetherbee 1989).

Source of synonymy
Hill, D.R.A. & Wetherbee, R. (1989). A reappraisal of the genus Rhodomonas (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia 28: 143-158.

Key references
Cerino, F. & Zingone, A. (2007). A survey of cryptomonad diversity and seasonality at a coastal Mediterranean site. European Journal of Phycology 41: 363-378.

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 978/24 Rhodomonas salina (Wislouch) D.R.A. Hill & R. Wetherbee
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Rhodomonas&species=salina

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=Rhodomonas&Species=salina

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 07 February 2007 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.)

Bartual, A., Lubián, L.M., Gálvez, J.A. & Niell, F.X. (2003). Effect of irradiance on growth, photosynthesis, pigment content and nutrient comsumption in dense cultures of Rhodomonas salina Wislouch (Cryptophyceae). Ciencias Marinas 28(4): 381-392.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:49075