Choricystis limnetica Pröschold & Darienko 2020
Publication Details
Choricystis limnetica Pröschold & Darienko 2020: 187, fig. 1 e
Published in: Pröschold, T. & Darienko, T. (2020). Choricystis and Lewiniosphaera gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), two different green algal endosymbionts in freshwater sponges. Symbiosis 82: 175-188, 7 fig.
Publication date: "Published online: 9 September 2020"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Choricystis is Choricystis minor (Skuja) Fott.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Medakamo limnetica (Pröschold & Darienko) T. Kuroiwa.
Source of Synonymy
Kato, S., Misumi, O., Maruyama, S., Nozaki, H., Tsujimoto-Inui, Y,, Takusagawa, M,, Suzuki, S., Kuwata, K., Noda, S,, Ito, N., Okabe, Y., Sakamoto, T., Yagisawa, F., Matsunaga, T.M., Matsubayashi, Y., Yamaguchi, H,, Kawachi, M., Kuroiwa, H., Kuroiwa, T. & Matsunaga, S. (2023). Genomic analysis of an ultrasmall freshwater green alga, Medakamo hakoo. Communications Biology 6(89): 1-13 [Suppl. 1-22].
Type Information
Type locality: "Water tank, Schlieren, Switzerland."; (Pröschlod & Darienko 2020: 187) Holotype: freshwater pond; SAG; 251–2 cryopreserved in metabolically inactive state (Pröschlod & Darienko 2020: 187) Notes: "Differs from morphologically similar Choricystis species by genetic signatures in SSU and ITS sequences (GenBank: MT423986) and ITS-2 Barcode: BC3 in Fig. 5."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 19 January 2021 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 26 January 2023
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025
