Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves & Sieburth 1988
Publication Details
Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves & Sieburth 1988: 420, figs 1-3, 5-16
Published in: Sieburth, J.M., Johnson, P.W. & Hargraves, P.E. (1988). Ultrastructure and ecology of Aureococcus anophagefferens gen et sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae): the dominant picoplankter during a bloom in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, summer 1985. Journal of Phycology 24(3): 416-425.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Aureococcus.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: pier of the Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI; (Sieburth, Johnson & Hargraves 1988: 416) Holotype: fig. 6: July 1985; surface seawater samples; (Sieburth, Johnson & Hargraves 1988: 416, 419)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 18 April 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 18 May 2017
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Harmful species responsible for "brown tides" on the US East coast. - (18 May 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2025
