Scotiella cryophila Chodat 1922
Publication Details
Scotiella cryophila Chodat 1922: 77, fig. 4: 1, 6–14
Published in: Chodat, R. (1922). Matériaux pour l'histoire des algues de la Suisse. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de Geneve, série 2 13: 66-114.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scotiella is Scotiella antarctica F.E.Fritsch.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
type locality: Switzerland: Gr. St.-Bernard (red snow); (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 21 August 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 November 2024
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Taxonomic notes
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
Hoham & Mullet (1978) cite this as a synonym of Chloromonas nivalis. - (30 July 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2025
