Chrysochromulina simplex Estep, Davis, Hargraves & Sieburth

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Haptophyta
Class Coccolithophyceae
Subclass Prymnesiophycidae
Order Prymnesiales
Family Chrysochromulinaceae
Genus Chrysochromulina

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Publication details
Chrysochromulina simplex Estep, Davis, Hargraves & Sieburth 1985: 620, 623, figs 14-18

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chrysochromulina is Chrysochromulina parva Lackey.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), simple, undivided, unbranched, of one piece or series, not consisting of several distinct parts (Stearn 1973).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Description
Emended by Birkhead & Pienaar ( Bergesch et al. 2008).

Type information
Type locality: Pelagic waters of North Atlantic (Sargasso Sea), nearshore waters of Englan, Denmark and New Zealand (Silva 1996-to date). Type: figs 14, 15: micrograph numbers 11221/11222 (Silva 1996-to date

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Chrysochromulina simplex Estep, Davis, Hargraves & Sieburth)
Europe: Norway (Edvardsen et al. 2011), Spain (Seoane et al. 2009, Seoane, Eikrem, Arluzea & Orive 2009).

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
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

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.

Seoane, S., Eikrem, W. Arluzea, J. & Orive, E. (2009). Haptophytes of the Nervión River estuary, northern Spain. Botanica Marina 52: 47-59.

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

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=simplex

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 10 February 2005 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 25 March 2010 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.)

Birkhead, M. & Pienaar, R.N. (1995). The taxonomy and ultrastructure of Chrysochromulina simplex (Prymnesiophyceae). Phycologia 34: 145-156, 51 figs.
Gregson, A.J., Green, J.C. & Leadbeater, B.S.C. (1993). Structure and physiology of the haptonema in Chrysochromulina (Prymnesiophyceae). I. Fine structure of the flagellar/haptonematal root system in C. acantha and C. simplex. Journal of Phycology 29: 674 -686, 28 figs.

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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 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:37600