Ochromonas

<i>Ochromonas</i>

Ochromonas

Genus of algae

Ochromonas is a genus of algae belonging to the family Ochromonadaceae.[1][2]

Quick Facts Ochromonas, Scientific classification ...

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Chlorosulfolipids, a class of biologically active compounds, was first discovered in some Ochromonas species.[4]

Species

Accepted species:[5]

  • Ochromonas bourrellyi Magne, 1954
  • Ochromonas carolina
  • Ochromonas cosmopoliticus Ruinen, 1938 (?)
  • Ochromonas crenata Klebs, 1893 (?)
  • Ochromonas danica E.G.Pringsh.
  • Ochromonas elegans Doflein
  • Ochromonas globosa Skuja
  • Ochromonas granularis Doflein
  • Ochromonas lubibunda Pascher
  • Ochromonas malhamensis (?)
  • Ochromonas minima Throndsen, 1969
  • Ochromonas minuta (Lewis)
  • Ochromonas marina Lackey, 1940 (?)
  • Ochromonas mutabilis G.A.Klebs
  • Ochromonas nana Doflein
  • Ochromonas oblonga Carter, 1937
  • Ochromonas ostreaeformis Swale & J.H.Belcher
  • Ochromonas ovalis Doflein
  • Ochromonas pyriformis Matv.
  • Ochromonas sociata Pascher
  • Ochromonas sparseverrucosa Skuja
  • Ochromonas stellaris Doflein
  • Ochromonas triangulata Vysotskii, 1899
  • Ochromonas tuberculata D.J.Hibberd
  • Ochromonas vallesiaca Chodat
  • Ochromonas variabilis H.Meyer
  • Ochromonas verrucosa Skuja
  • Ochromonas viridis Böcher

(?) not accepted by GBIF in August 2022.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Lemmermann, E. (1899). "Das Phytoplankton sächsischer Teiche" [The phytoplankton of Saxon ponds] (PDF). Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön (in German). 7: 96–135.
  2. [2]
    Kristiansen, Jørgen; Škaloud, Pavel. "Chrysophyta". In Archibald, J.; Simpson, A.; Slamovits, C. (eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Cham: Springer. pp. 331–366. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28149-0_43.
  3. [3]
    "Ochromonas Vysotskii". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. [4]
    Chen, L. L.; Pousada, M.; Haines, T. H. J. Biol. Chem. 1976, 251, 1835–1842
  5. [5]
    Throndsen, Jahn (1997), "The Planktonic Marine Flagellates", Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Elsevier, pp. 591–729, doi:10.1016/b978-012693018-4/50007-0, ISBN 978-0-12-693018-4, retrieved 2022-05-28
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ochromonas, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.