Gonium multicoccum M.A.Pocock

Publication details
Gonium multicoccum M.A.Pocock 1955: 56, figs 20, 22-30

Original publication: Pocock, M.A. (1955). Studies in North American Volvocales.I. The genus Gonium. Madroño 13: 49-64.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gonium is Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller.

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

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

Type information
Type locality: Pond 4 mi. s. of Lemon Cove, Tulare Co., California (Silva 1996-to date). Notes: Nebraska, California, Australia

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Gonium multicoccum M.A.Pocock)
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Ettl & Gärtner 1995).

Key references
Nozaki, H. (1990). Ultrastructure of the extracellular matrix of Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Phyco 29((1)): 1-8.

Suda, S., Nozaki, H. & Watanabe, M. (2005). Morphology and sexual reproduction of Carteria palmata sp. nov. belonging to the Carteria group I sensu Lembi (Chlorophyceaem Volvocales). Phycologia 44: 596-607.

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 783 Gonium multicoccum
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NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 21 May 2010 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.)

Nozaki, H. & Kuroiwa, T. (1991). Morphology and sexual reproduction of Gonium multicoccum (VolVocales, Chlorophyta) from Nepal.. Phycologia 30: 381-393.
Saito, S. (1972). Growth of Gonium multicoccum in synthetic media. Journal of Phycology 8: 169-175.
Yamada, T. K., Nakada, T., Miyaji, K. & Nozaki, H. (2006). Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) newly found in Japan. Journal of Japanese Botany 81: 139-147.