Chrysochromulina scutellum Eikrem & Moestrup 1998
Publication Details
Chrysochromulina scutellum Eikrem & Moestrup 1998: 313
Published in: Eikrem, W. & Moestrup, Ø. (1998). Erratum: Structual analysis of the flagellar apparatus and the scaly periplast in Chrysochromulina scutellum sp. nov. (Prymnesiophyceae, Haptophyta) from the Skagerrak and the Baltic. Phycologia 37(4): 313 only.
Request PDFPublication date: 28 August 1998
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chrysochromulina is Chrysochromulina parva Lackey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Skaggerak, near Hirtshals (59°00'N, 9°22'E) between Norway and Denmark; (Eikrem & Moestrup 1998: 132, 134) Type (iconotype: fig. 11 in Eikrem & Moestrup 1998): on a cruise with the research vessel G.M. Danevig; 20 June 1990; (Eikrem & Moestrup 1998: 313) Notes: Resin block deposited at C.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of scutum, a shield; literally, little shield (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 June 2025
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: type not designated. - (16 March 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 June 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 July 2025
