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Crucispina cruciformis (Leadbeater) Espeland

Publication details
Crucispina cruciformis (Leadbeater) Espeland in Espeland & Throndsen 1986: 222, fig. 38-40;

Original publication: Espeland, G. & Throndsen, J. (1986). Flagellates from Kilsfjorden, southern Norway, with desription of two new species of choanaflagellida. Sarsia 71: 209-226.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crucispina is .

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

Basionym
Salpingoeca cruciformis Leadbeater

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), cross-shaped (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Salpingoeca cruciformis Leadbeater 1974

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.

Key references
Hara, S. & Takahashi, E. (1987). An investigation with Electron Microscope of marine Choanoflagellates (Protozoa: Choanoflagellida) from Osaka Bay, Japan. I. Re-investigation of Bicosta spinifera, B. minor and Crucispina cruciformis. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 34, No.1: 1-13.

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

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=Crucispina&Species=cruciformis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

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Verified by: 01 November 2010 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Hara, S. & Takahashi, E. (1987). An investigation with Electron Microscope of marine Choanoflagellates (Protozoa: Choanoflagellida) from Osaka Bay, Japan. I. Re-investigation of Bicosta spinifera, B. minor and Crucispina cruciformis. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 34, No.1: 1-13.

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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 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104464

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