Nannochloropsis salina D.J.Hibberd

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Eustigmatophyceae
Order Eustigmatales
Family Monodopsidaceae
Genus Nannochloropsis

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Publication details
Nannochloropsis salina D.J.Hibberd 1981: 116, fig. 5

Original publication: Hibberd, D.J. (1981). Notes on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the algal classes Eustigmatophyceae and Tribophyceae (synonym Xanthophyceae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 82: 93-119, 17 figs, 1 table.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nannochloropsis is Nannochloropsis oculata (Droop) D.J.Hibberd.

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

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Monallantus salina Bourrelly 1958
Monallantus salinus Bourrelly 1958

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: France: Ille-et-Vilaine: near Dinard (Hibberd 1981: 116). Holotype: fig. 5 (in P. Bourrelly, Bull. Lab. Marit. Dinard 43: 114. 1958) (epitype) (Hibberd 1981: 116).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Monallantus salina Bourrelly)
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976).

Nomenclatural notes
"Nannochloris salina" on p. 116, but Nannochloropsis in key on p. 115, confirmed by corrigendum slip inserted in journal. - (22 Mar 2008) - Wendy Guiry

Key references
Suda, S., Atsumi, M. & Miyashita, H. (2002). Taxonomic characterization of a marine Nannochloropsis species, N. oceanica sp. nov. (Eustigmatophyceae). Phycologia 41: 273-279.

Toepel, J., Langner, U. & Wilhelm, C. (2005). Combination of flow cytometry and single cell absorption spectroscopy to study the phytoplankton structure and to calculate the chl a specific absorption coefficients at the taxon level. Journal of Phycology 41(6): 1099-1109.

CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 849/2 Nannochloropsis salina D.J. Hibberd
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Nannochloropsis&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=Nannochloropsis&Species=salina

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 19 August 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 17 March 2009 by M.D. Guiry

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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 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86719