Chrysochromulina minor Parke & Manton
Publication details
Chrysochromulina minor Parke & Manton in Parke, Manton & Clarke 1955: 594, figs 36-52; pls V-VII [figs 33-64]
Original publication: Parke, M., Manton, I. & Clarke, B. (1955). Studies on marine flagellates. II. Three new species of Chrysochromulina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 34: 579-609.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chrysochromulina is Chrysochromulina parva Lackey.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Prymnesium minus (Parke & Manton) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), smaller, inferior, lesser (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Type locality: sea at Lat. N. 49º19', Long. W. 7º26' (Silva 1996-to date). Type: at 5 m depth. (Silva 1996-to date Notes: Type culture (Plymouth No. 52) in Type Cult. Coll., Cambridge and Mar. Biol. Ass., Plymouth (INA).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chrysochromulina minor Parke & Manton)
England: England (Edvardsen et al. 2011).
Europe: Britain (Parke & Dixon 1976).
South America: Brazil (Bergesch et al. 2008, Bergesh 2010).
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Rhodes et al. 2012), Tasmania (LeRoi & Hallegraeff 2004).
Source of synonymy
Edvardsen, B., Eikrem, W., Throndsen, J., Sáez, A.G., Probert, I. & Medlin, L.K. (2011). Ribosomal DNA phylogenies and a morphological revision provide the basis for a revised taxonomy of the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). European Journal of Phycology 46(3): 202-228.
Key references
Bergesch, M., Odebrecht, C. & Moestrup, Ø. (2008). Nanoflagellates from coastal waters of southern Brazil (32ºS). Botanica Marina 51(1): 35-50.
Jordan, R.W., Cros, L. & Young, J.R. (2005). A revised classification scheme for living haptophytes. Micropaleontology 50(Suppl. 1): 55-79.
LeRoi, J.-M. & Hallegraeff, G.M. (2004). Scale-bearing nanoflagellates from southern Tasmanian coastal waters, Australia. I. Species of the genus Chrysochromulina (Haptophyta). Botanica Marina 47: 73-102.
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..
Throndsen, J. (1996). The planktonic marine flagellates. In: Identifying marine phytoplankton. (Tomas, C.R. Eds), pp. 591-730. San Diego: Academic Press.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Chrysochromulina&species=minor
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=Chrysochromulina&Species=minor
Created: 02 September 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald
Verified by: 26 October 2011 by Wendy Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:44550
