Platydorina caudata Kofoid

Publication details
Platydorina caudata Kofoid

Original publication: Kofoid, C.A. (1899). Plankton studies. III. On Platydorina, a new genus of the family Volvocidae, from the plankton of the Illinois River. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(9): 419-440, pi. 38.

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

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with a tail.

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

General environment
This is a Freshwater species.

Key references
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 850 Platydorina caudata
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SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 14 May 2010 by M.D. 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.)

Crayton, M.A. (1980). Presence of a sulfated polysaccharide in the extracellular matrix of Platydorina caudata (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 16: 80-87, 6 figs, 1 table.
Harris, D.O. (1969). Nutrition of Platydorina caudata Kofoid. Journal of Phycology 5: 205-210, 7 figs, 2 tables.
Harris, D.O. (1972). Life history and growth inhibition studies in Platydorina caudata (Volvocaceae). Soc. Bot. Fr., Mém. : 161-174.
Taylor, M.G., Floyd, G.L. & Hoops, H.J. (1985). Development of the flagellar apparatus and flagellar position in the colonial green alga Platydorina caudata (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 21: 5323-546.