Chloromonas tughillensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chlamydomonadales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Chlorophyceae Ordo: Chlamydomonadales

Familia: Chlamydomonadaceae
Genus: Chloromonas
Species Chloromonas tughillensis

Name

Chloromonas tughillensis Hoham, Berman, H.S.Rogers, Felio, Ryba & P.R.Miller, 2006: 322, figs 5, 6, 11-13, 20, 21, 25, 32, 34

• Type locality: Whetstone Gulf State Park, NY (43.8º N, 75.5º W). 380 m elevation; in top 20 cm of melting snow banks, in partial to mostly shaded areas near hardwood and coniferous trees; snow temperature near 0ºC; pH range of snow melt at 0ºC, 5.0-5.3.
• Holotype: Figs 5,6 (epitype) April 1988; from strains CU 582C/582D. Culture deposited in the Colgate University Culture cCollection, Hamilton, NY, USA.

References

Primary references

• Hoham, R.W., Berman, J.D., Rogers, H.S., Felio, J.H., Ryba, J.B. & Miller, P.R. 2006. Two new species of green snow algae from upstate New York, Chloromonas chenangoensis sp. nov. and Chloromonas tughillensis sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the effects of light on their life cycle development. Phycologia 45(3): 319–330. DOI: 10.2216/04-103.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2024. Chloromonas tughillensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2024-01-16.