Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke 1960
Publication Details
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke 1960: 292, 298
Published in: Manton, I. & Parke, M. (1960). Further observations on a small green flagellate with special reference to possible relatives of Chromulina pusilla Butcher. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 39: 275-298, 59 figs.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Micromonas.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Micrinomonas pusilla (Butcher) Doweld.
Source of Synonymy
Doweld, A.B. (2001). Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum: Tentamen systematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta). pp. [1]–110, [i]–lxxx. Moscow: National Institute of Carpology (Gaertnerian Institution). [in Latin, Russian, and English]
Basionym
Chromulina pusilla Butcher
Type Information
Syntype localities: "...obtained repeatedly in cultures from Conway, the Helford River, Cornwall, and the River Crouch, Essex [England]."; (Butcher 1952: 183) Notes: Neotype: culture Plymouth no. 27, isolated 13.iv.1950 by M. Parke from sea surface at 50 15 N, 04 13 W.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Characters of the genus. Flagellum including hair point longer than 3 µm. Nuclear genomecomprising 19 or 20 chromosomes. In the nuclear-encodedSSU rRNA, base pair 10 of Helix 25 is A-U instead of U-A. In ITS2, base pair 13 of Helix 3 is U-A instead of C-G. Broadly distributed, mostly from coastal zones [emended "diagnosis" in Simon et al. (2017)].
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 October 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 December 2024
