Chlorella capsulata R.R.L.Guillard, Bold & F.J.MacEntee 1975
Publication Details
Chlorella capsulata R.R.L.Guillard, Bold & F.J.MacEntee 1975: 22, figs 21-24
Published in: Guillard, R.R.L., Bold, H.C. & MacEntee, F.J. (1975). Four new unicellular chlorophycean algae fron mixohaline habitats. Phycologia 14: 13-24, 26 figs, 3 tables.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chlorella is Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Droopiella capsulata (R.R.L.Guillard, Bold & F.J.MacEntee) Darienko, Rad-Menéndez, C.Campbell & Pröschold .
Type Information
Type locality: Inland Waterway, Sarasota County, Florida; (Guillard, Bold & MacEntee 1975: 14, 22) Type: S.J. Erickson; August 1963; F; (Guillard, Bold & MacEntee 1975: 14, 22) Notes: Clone Fla E. Culture in Culture Collection of Algae, Indiana Univ. "Epitype (designated here): The strain UTEX 2074 cryopreserved
in a metabolic inactive state at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), Oban, Scotland." (Darienko et al. 2019: 16). This epitypification is not valid as the type the epitypie refers to is not explicity stated (Art. 9.9).
General Environment
This is a brackish species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 February 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024