Haematococcus salinus Dunal 1837

Publication Details
Haematococcus salinus Dunal 1837: 586

Published in: Dunal, M.F. (1837). Note sur les algues qui colourent en rouge certaines eaux des marais salants méditerranéens. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 5(17): 585-587.

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Publication date: 1838

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Haematococcus is Haematococcus sanguineus C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dunaliella salina (Dunal) Teodoresco.

Source of Synonymy
Teodoresco, E.C. (1905). Organisation et développement du Dunaliella, nouveau genre de Volvocacée - Polyblepharidée. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt, Erste Abteilung: Anatomie, Histologie, Morphologie und Physiologie der Pflanzen 18(2): 215-232, 5 figures, plates 8-9.

General Environment
This is a brackish species.

Created: 06 December 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 March 2025

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Nomenclatural note
This was an alternative name for Protococcus salinus Dunal 1837, it was separately described but believed by Dunal to be old Protococcus salinus. It could be regarded as illegitimate since it was superfluous at the time of description. - (17 September 2007) - G.M. Guiry

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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025

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