Desmochloris halophila (Guillard, H.C.Bold & McEntee) Watanabe, Kuroda & Maiwa 2001

Publication Details
Desmochloris halophila (Guillard, H.C.Bold & McEntee) Watanabe, Kuroda & Maiwa 2001: 432

Published in: Watanabe, S., Kuroda, N. & Maiwa, F. (2001). Phylogenetic status of Helicodictyon planctonicum and Desmochloris halophila gen. et comb. nov. and the definition of the class Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta). Phycologia 40: 421-434.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Desmochloris.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Chlorosarcinopsis halophila Guillard, H.C.Bold & McEntee

Type Information
Type locality: West Tisbury, Great Pond, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts; (Watson & Norton 1983: 14) Type: R. Guillard; 6 June 1956; F; (Watson & Norton 1983: 17, 14) Notes: Clone T-9. Culture in Culture Collection of Algae, Indiana Univ. "Epitype (designated here): The authentic strain CCMP 259 cryopreserved in metabolically inactive state at the Bigelow National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, East Boothbay, Maine, USA." (Darienko & al. 2021).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 February 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 August 2015

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 April 2025