Mallomonas pleuriforamen P.A.Siver, Lott, B.Y.Jo, W.Shin, H.S.Kim & R.A.Andersen 2013
Publication Details
Mallomonas pleuriforamen P.A.Siver, Lott, B.Y.Jo, W.Shin, H.S.Kim & R.A.Andersen 2013: 273, figs 21-24
Published in: Jo, B.Y., Shin, W., Kim, H.S., Siver, P.A. & Andersen, R.A. (2013). Phylogeny of the genus Mallomonas (Synurophyceae) and descriptions of five new species based on morphological evidence. Phycologia 52(3): 266-278.
Publication date: 2013
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Mallomonas is Mallomonas ploesslii Perty.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Giraffe kimberlite, Northwest Territories, Canada (110º04'W, 64º48'N) [Middle Eocene]; (Jo et al. 2013: 273) Holotype: mudstone (Giraffe Pipe core); CANA; 85745 (collection of specimens on SEM stub) (Jo et al. 2013: 273) Notes: Iconotypes: Figs 21-24 (taken of the holotype). The Giraffe locality contained well-preserved stratified organic sediment, including 68.3 m of lacustrine lake sediments overlain with 44.8 m of peaty material that constituted the posteruptive infilling of the maar crater that formed during emplacement of the kiberlite deposit.
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 04 June 2013 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 August 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 August 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025
