Chloromonas rosae var. psychrophila Hoham, Bonome, Martin & Leebens-Mack 2002
Publication Details
Chloromonas rosae var. psychrophila Hoham, Bonome, Martin & Leebens-Mack 2002: 1063, fig. 4
Published in: Hoham, R.W., Bonome, T.A., Martin, C.W. & Leebens-Mack, J.H. (2002). A combined 18S rDNA and rbcL phylogenetic analysis of Chloromonas and Chlamydomonas (Chlorophyceae, Volvocales) emphasizing snow and other cold-temperature habitats. Journal of Phycology 38: 1051-1064.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Chloromonas is Chloromonas reticulata (Goroschankin) Gobi.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: White Mountains, Arizona, USA; (Hoham, Bonome, Martin & Leebens-Mack 2002: 1063) Holotype: fig 4, a-d: Snow; Colgate University Culture Collection of snow algae; Culture 381a (Hoham, Bonome, Martin & Leebens-Mack 2002: 1063)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 March 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Novis & al. (2014: [10]) consider that this name as originally published is invalid. However, Hoham & al.(2002: 1063) specified "Holotype: culture 381A, Colgate University Culture Collection of snow algae; Fig. 4, a-d." so that they type appears to be the illustrations of the cultured material, which is acceptable under Art. 40.5 and the name thus apppears to be valid as treated by INA. - (25 March 2024) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Investigations carried out by Remias et al. (2018) revealed that the type strain of Chloromonas rosae var. psychrophila from North America is not related to the blooms of S. cryophila K-1 in alpine snow in Europe. They note that since Sotiella is invalid for species where daughter cells have smooth walls instead of ribbed ones, and the epithet cryophila already exists in Chloromonas (Hoham & Mullet, 1977), a nomen novum for this taxon will be necessary once flagellates can be described. - (27 September 2018) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2025
