Halochlorococcum moorei (N.L.Gardner) Kornmann & Sahling ex Guiry 2017

Publication Details
Halochlorococcum moorei (N.L.Gardner) Kornmann & Sahling ex Guiry 2017: 1

Published in: Guiry, M.D. (2017). Validation of some invalid names for green algae introduced by P.J.L. Dangeard. Notulae Algarum 42: 1-2, no figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Halochlorococcum is Halochlorococcum marinum P.J.L.Dangeard ex Guiry.

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].

Basionym
Chlorochytrium moorei N.L.Gardner

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 George Thomas Moore, American botanist and phycologist from North Dakota.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 April 1996 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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