Chrysonephos lewisii (W.R.Taylor) W.R.Taylor
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Pelagophyceae
Order Sarcinochrysidales
Family Sarcinochrysidaceae
Genus Chrysonephos
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Hawaii; scale is 5 mm. 15 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman. From: Huisman JM, Abbott IA, Smith CM (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu. 264 p. Available from Seagrant, University of Hawai'i.
Hawaii; scale 50 µm. 15 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman. From: Huisman JM, Abbott IA, Smith CM (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu. 264 p. Available from Seagrant, University of Hawai'i.
Publication details
Chrysonephos lewisii (W.R.Taylor) W.R.Taylor 1952: 79
Original publication: Taylor, W.R. (1952). The algal genus Chrysophaeum. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 79(1): 79.
Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Chrysonephos.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Chrysophaeum lewisii W.R.Taylor
Type information
Type locality: Port Royal Bay, Hunt I., Bermuda (Taylor 1951: 129). Holotype: W.R. Taylor 49-1722; (Taylor 1951: 129).
Eponomy
Named for I.F. Lewis, an American phycologist.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chrysophaeum lewisii W.R.Taylor 1951
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chrysonephos lewisii (W.R.Taylor) W.R.Taylor)
Europe: Corsica (Hoffmann, Billard, Janssens, Leruth & Demoulin 2000).
Atlantic Islands: Bermuda (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969).
North America: Florida (Taylor 1960).
Caribbean Islands: Jamaica (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Puerto Rico (Taylor 1969).
Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Huisman, Abbott & Smith 2007), Yap Islands (Lobban & N'Yeurt 2006).
Key references
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.
Hoffmann, L., Billard, C., Janssens, M., Leruth, M. & Demoulin, V. (2000). Mass development of marine benthic Sarcinochrysidales (Chrysophyceae s.1) in Corsica. Botanica Marina 43: 223-231.
Kristiansen, J. & Preisig, H.R. (2001). Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Chrysonephos&species=lewisii
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=Chrysonephos&Species=lewisii
Created: 08 May 2002 by Elizabeth Moran
Verified by: 01 November 2011 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.)
Boddi, S., Bigazzi, M. & Sartoni, G. (1999). Ultrastructure of vegetative and motile cells, and zoosporogenesis in Chrysonephos lewisii (Taylor) Taylor (Sarcinochrysidales, Pelagophyceae) in relation to taxonomy. European Journal of Phycology 34: 297-306, 33 figs.
Sartoni, G., Boddi, S. & Hass, J. (1995). Chrysonephos lewisii (Sarcinochrysidales, Chrysophyceae), a new record for the Mediterranean algal flora. Botanica Marina 38: 121-125, 6 figs.
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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 23 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:46569
