Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen 1990
Publication Details
Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen 1990: 345, figs 1-14
Published in: Eikrem, W. & Throndsen, J. (1990). The ultrastructure of Bathycoccus gen. nov. and B. prasinos sp. nov., a non-motile picoplanktonic alga (Chlorophyta, Prasinophyceae) from the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Phycologia 29: 344-350.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Bathycoccus.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "The Gulf of Naples" [Italy]; (Eikrem & Throndsen 1990: 345) Holotype (iconotype): fig. 5 in Eikrem & Throndsen (1990: 345): (Eikrem & Throndsen 1990: 345) Notes: "Bathycoccus prasinos gen. et sp. nov. was isolated from a serial dilution culture series that had been inoculated with a water sample collected from the Gulf of Naples (14°16'E, 40°48'N) from a depth of 100 m on 17 April 1986." (Eikrem & Throndsen 1990: 3143). However, Bachy & al. (2012: 3143) state "Holotype – strain CCMP1898, also known as SCCAP K-0417, is the type specimen and is preserved in a metabolically inactive state at the NCMA (https://ncma.bigelow.org/). It was isolated by J. Throndsen from the surface waters at 40°45'00"N, 14°19'48"E in the Gulf of Naples, Italy (17 April 1986)." The culture is only representative of the type and does not represent the holotype as formally designated in the original protologue.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 January 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024
