Chlorella fusca var. vacuolata I.Shihira & R.W.Krauss 1965
Publication Details
Chlorella fusca var. vacuolata I.Shihira & R.W.Krauss 1965: 36, figs 45, 46
Published in: Shihira, I. & Krauss, R.W. (1965). Chlorella. Physiology and taxonomy of forty-one isolates. pp. 1-97. Maryland: University of Maryland, College Park.
Request PDFType 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 Coelastrella vacuolata (I.Shihira & R.W.Krauss) Hegewald & N.Hanagata.
Source of Synonymy
Hegewald, E. & Hanagata, N. (2002). Validation of the new combinations of Coelastrella and Neodesmus and the description of the new subfamily Desmodesmoideae of the Scenedesmaceae (Chlorophyta). Algological Studies/Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement Volumes 105: 7-9.
Type Information
Notes: Type: Indian Algal Culture Coll. no. 251 (Cambridge Coll. no. 211/8b); Collector: isolated by Robert Emerson (Index Nominum Algarum).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), a sombre brown, but often used to indicate darkness of colour (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 June 2021
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Nomenclatural note
May be invalid: designation of culture as type not permitted (ICN Art. 8.4). - (13 October 2020) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
According to Darienko & Pröschold (2015), Chlorella [Auxenochlorella] protothecoides var. mannophila represents C. fusca var. vacuolata (= Scenedesmus vacuolatus). They note that Fott & Nováková (1969) reached the same conclusion. - (26 May 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 June 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 June 2025
