Platychrysis pigra Geitler 1930
Publication Details
Platychrysis pigra Geitler 1930: 635, fig. 14; pl. 25: figs b, c
Published in: Geitler, L. (1930). Ein grünes Filarplasmodium und andere neue Protisten. Archiv für Protistenkunde 69: 614-636.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Platychrysis.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Prymnesium pigrum (Geitler) Edvardsen, Eikrem & Probert.
Source of Synonymy
Edvardsen, B., Eikrem, W., Throndsen, J., Sáez, A.G., Probert, I. & Medlin, L.K. (2011). Ribosomal DNA phylogenies and a morphological revision provide the basis for a revised taxonomy of the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). European Journal of Phycology 46(3): 202-228.
Type Information
Type locality: in seawater culture from Las Palmas, Canary Is.; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 September 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 22 August 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 August 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 December 2024
