Chlamydomonas rubrifilum Korshikov 1927

Publication Details
Chlamydomonas rubrifilum Korshikov 1927: 188 (=key), 288, fig. 251 b

Published in: Pascher, A. (1927). Die Süsswasser-Flora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Volvocales = Phytomonadinae. Vol. 4 pp. [1]–505. Jena: Fischer.

Type Species
The type species (type conserved) of the genus Chlamydomonas is Chlamydomonas reinhardtii P.A.Dangeard.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloeomonas rubrifilum (Korshikov) Shin Watanabe, Nozaki, Nakda & L.A.Lewis.

Source of Synonymy
Watanabe, S., Nozaki, H., Nakada, T. & Lewis, L.A. (2016). Comparative ultrastructrural analysis of Chloromonas and Gloeomonas (Chlorophyceae): tracing the origin of Gloeomonas-specific basal apparatus traits. Phycologia 55(5): 585-601.

Type Information
Type locality: Ukraine: near Kharkiv; (INA 1996) Type: SAG 3.85 at UTEX (cryopreserved) (epitype) (Pröschold & al. 2001: 287)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 November 2005 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 22 September 2016

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Nomenclatural note
INA: "Epitype SAG 3.85 at UTEX (cryopreserved) (fide T. Pröschold, B. Marin, U.W. Schlösser & M. Melkonian, Protist 152: 287. 2001)." - (31 October 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 September 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025