Chlorocloster engadinensis Vischer 1945
Publication Details
Chlorocloster engadinensis Vischer 1945: 491, fig. 8
Published in: Vischer, W. (1945). Heterokonten aus Alpinen Boden, speziell dem Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung des schweizerischen Nationalparkes 1(12): 481-512.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorocloster is Chlorocloster terrestris Pascher.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chloroidium engadinense (Vischer) Darienko & al..
Source of Synonymy
Darienko, T., Gustavs, L., Mudimu, O., Menendez, C.R., Schumann, R., Karsten, U., Friedl, T. Proschold, T. (2010). Chloroidium, a common terrestrial coccoid green alga previously assigned to Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 45(1): 79-95.
Type Information
Type locality: Unterengadin, Switzerland; (Darienko et al. 2010: 81 (table 1))The authentic strain (SAG 812-1), cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state (epitype) W. Vischer; Terrestrial, soil ; Cultur Collection of Algae and Protozoa, Oban , Scotland; (Darienko et al. 2010: 93, 81 (table 1)
Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 October 2016
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Habitat note
Soil (Darienko et al. 2010). - (06 August 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 July 2025
