Watanabea lichenicola Chiva, Dumitru, Bordenave & Barreno 2021
Publication Details
Watanabea lichenicola Chiva, Dumitru, Bordenave & Barreno 2021: [6], 231, figs 3 a-m, 4 a-c
Published in: Chiva, S., Dumitru, C., Bordenave, C.D. & Barreno, E. (2021). Watanabea green microalgae (Trebouxiophyceae) inhabiting lichen holobiomes: Watanabea lichenicola sp. nova. Phycological Research 69(4): [1-11] 226-236.
Publication date: On line July 28 2021
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Watanabea is Watanabea reniformis N.Hanagata, I.Karube, Chihara & P.C.Silva.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Titulcia (Madrid, Spain)"; (Chiva & al. 2021: [6]) Holotype: Barreno, Chiva, Molins & Salvà; 24 February 2012; Isolated from Buellia zoharyi Galun, collected on Miocene gypsum soils, altitude 521 m.a.s.l., upper mesomediterranean low dry bioclimatic belt; ASUV; Cryopreserved cells of strain MT27.C3 (Chiva & al. 2021: [6]) Notes: "Holotype (designated here): Cryopreserved cells of strain MT27.C3 deposited at the Symbiotic Algal collection at the Universitat de València (ASUV), as item TYPE – ASUV 142. Reference strains: ASUV 142 and ACOI 3418, deposited at the Coimbra Collection of Algae (ACOI), University of Coimbra. Iconotype (designated here to support the holotype): Figs 3(a–m), 4 in this study."
Created: 28 July 2021 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 January 2022
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024