Cryptomonas borealis Skuja

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Cryptophyta
Class Cryptophyceae
Order Cryptomonadales
Family Cryptomonadaceae
Genus Cryptomonas

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Publication details
Cryptomonas borealis Skuja 1956: 347, pl. LX, figs 17-24

Type species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), north, northern (Stearn 1973).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cryptomonas elongata J.Schiller 1957
Cryptomonas inaequalis J.Schiller 1957
Cryptomonas ornatofaux J.Schiller 1957
Cryptomonas ovata var. sursumexstans J.Schiller 1957
Cryptomonas rusti J.Schiller 1957
Cryptomonas skujae H.Ettl 1965
Pseudocryptomonas americana C.E.M.Bicudo & G.Tell 1988

Description
Diagnosis emended By Hoef-Emden & Melkonian (2003: 397).

Type information
Type locality: Sweden: Gardefjarden, Lushavet, Norrviken (Silva 1996-to date). Lectoype: Permanent slide taken from strain M1083 (epitype) (Hoef-Emden & Melkonian 2003: 397). Notes: Lectotype: Skuja 1956, Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsal. Ser IV, 80: pl. LX, fig. 17: Epitype: slide of strain M1083 and deposited at CCAC uder the designation CRYP.E006 (designated by Hoef-Emden & Melkonian (2003: 397).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Cryptomonas borealis Skuja)
Europe: Germany (Hoef-Emden & Melkonian 2003 ).

(as Pseudocryptomonas americana C.E.M.Bicudo & G.Tell)
South America: Brazil (Menezes 2010).

Source of synonymy
Hoef-Emden, K. & Melkonian, M. (2003). Revision of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a combination of molecular phylogeny and morphology provides insights into a long-hidden dimorphism. Protist 154: 371-409, 34 figs, 4 tables.

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

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=Cryptomonas&Species=borealis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 26 July 2010 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 506 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=80297

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 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:88942