Prymnesium zebrinum C.Billard

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

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Publication details
Prymnesium zebrinum C.Billard 1983: 142, 143, figs 1, 2, 5-13

Original publication: Billard, C. (1983). Prymnesium zebrinum sp. nov. et P. annuliferum sp. nov. deux nouvelles espèces apparentées à P. parvum Carter (Prymnesiophyceae). Phycologia 22: 141-151.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prymnesium is Prymnesium saltans J.Massart.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), zebra-striped.

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Usage notes
Harmful species

Type information
Type locality: bassin a huitres, Le Logeo, Morbihan, France (Billard 1983: 143). Holotype: Figs 1, 7, 8: April 1977; Caen culture type no. 29 (Billard 1983: 143, 142).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Prymnesium zebrinum C.Billard)
Europe: France (Billard 1983).

Key references
Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M. & Cembella, A.D., Eds (2003). Manual on harmful marine microalgae. Paris: UNESCO.

Jordan, R.W., Cros, L. & Young, J.R. (2005). A revised classification scheme for living haptophytes. Micropaleontology 50(Suppl. 1): 55-79.

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=Prymnesium&species=zebrinum

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=Prymnesium&Species=zebrinum

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 February 2005 by Wendy Guiry

Verified by: 02 November 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 187 times since it was created.

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

Billard, C. (1983). Prymnesium zebrinum sp. nov. et P. annuliferum sp. nov. deux nouvelles espèces apparentées à P. parvum Carter (Prymnesiophyceae). Phycologia 22: 141-151.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=66981

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in 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:37551