Heterosigma carterae (Hulbert) Taylor

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Raphidophyceae
Order Chattonellales
Family Chattonellaceae
Genus Heterosigma

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Publication details
Heterosigma carterae (Hulbert) Taylor 1992

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Heterosigma is Heterosigma akashiwo (Y.Hada) Y.Hada ex Y.Hara & M.Chihara.

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

Basionym
Olisthodiscus carterae Hulburt

Type information
Type locality: Great Pond, near Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Hulburt 1965: table 2).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Olisthodiscus carterae Hulburt 1965

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Olisthodiscus carterae Hulburt)
North America: Massachusetts (Hulburt 1965).

(as Heterosigma carterae (Hulbert) Taylor)
North America: United States of America (Bowers et al 2006 ).

Source of synonymy
Bérard-Therriault, L., Poulin, M. & Bossé, L. (1999). Guide d'identification du phytoplancton marin de l'estuaire et du Golfe du Saint-Laurent incluant également certains protozoaires. Publication Spéciale Canadienne des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques 128: 1-387.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Heterosigma&species=carterae

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=Heterosigma&Species=carterae

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 20 November 2002 by Andy Taylor

Verified by: 23 September 2004 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.)

Cavalier-Smith, T. & Chao, E.E. (1996). 18S rRNA sequence of Heterosigma carterae (Raphidophyceae), and the phylogeny of heterokont algae (Ochrophyta). Phycologia 35: 500-510, 2 figs, 2 tables.
Clark, D.R. & Flynn, K.J. (2002). N-assimilation in the noxious flagellate Heterosigma carterae (Raphidophyceae): dependence on light, N-source and physiological state. Journal of Phycology 38: 503-512.
Mangahas, J.L., Cattolico, R.A. & Reynolds, A.E. (1995). Note: Analysis of Heterosigma carterae (Chromophyta, Raphidophyceae) chloroplast rpoB gene sequence. Journal of Phycology 31: 808-812, 1 fig, 1 table.
Valentin, K., Fischer, S. & Cattolico, R.A. (1998). The chloroplast bchI gene encodes a subunit of magnesium chelatase in the marine heterokont alga Heterosigma carterae. European Journal of Phycology 33: 113-120, 8 figs.
Wood, G.J. & Flynn, K.J. (1995). Growth of Heterosigma carterae (Raphidophyceae) on nitrate and ammonium at three photon flux densities: evidence for N stress in nitrate-growing cells. Journal of Phycology 31: 859-867, 7 figs, 2 tables.

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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 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:43439