Hemiselmis simplex Butcher

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Pyrenomonadales
Family Chroomonadaceae
Genus Hemiselmis

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Publication details
Hemiselmis simplex Butcher 1967: pl. I: fig. 6; pl. VII: figs 3-5; pl. X: fig. 5; pl. XI: figs 1, 5; pl. XIII: fig. 5

Original publication: Butcher, R.W. (1967). An introductory account of the smaller algae of British coastal waters. Part IV: Cryptophyceae. Fishery Investigations, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, Series IV Part IV: vi + 54, 22 pls.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hemiselmis is Hemiselmis rufescens Parke.

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.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Hemiselmis simplex Butcher)
South America: Brazil (Menezes 2010).

Key references
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=Hemiselmis&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=Hemiselmis&Species=simplex

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 05 May 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 June 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 154 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=69350

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:35468