Chlorochytrium moorei N.L.Gardner 1917

Publication Details
Chlorochytrium moorei N.L.Gardner 1917: 382 (as 'Moorei')

Published in: Gardner, N.L. (1917). New Pacific coast marine algae I. University of California Publications in Botany 6: 377-416, pls 31-35.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorochytrium is Chlorochytrium lemnae Cohn.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chlorocystis moorei (N.L.Gardner) Darienko & al..

Source of Synonymy
Darienko, T., Rad-Menéndez, C., Campbell, C.N. & Pröschold, T. (2021). Molecular phylogeny of unicellular marine coccoid green algae revealed new nnsights into the systematics of the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta). Microorganisms 9(1586): [1-26].

Type Information
Type locality: USA: Massachusetts: Lynn; (Gardner 1917: 362) Lectotype (isolectotypes in numerous herbaria): BM; Collins, Holden & Setchell, Phyc. Bor.-Amer. No. 565 (Darienko & al. 2021: 17) Notes: "Epitype (designated here): The authentic strain CCMP 2288 cryopreserved in metabolically inactive state at the Bigelow National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, East Boothbay, Maine, USA."

Eponomy
Named for G.T. Moore.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 October 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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