Smithsonimonas abbotii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Chlamydomonadaceae
Genus: Smithsonimonas
Species: Smithsonimonas abbotii

Name

Smithsonimonas abbotii Kol, 1942: 18, pl. 6: figs 2–21

• Type locality: North America, Alaska. in snow. (A principal component of the red snow on Thompson Pass)
• Eponymy: Named for Charles Greeley Abbot (1872–1973), American astrophysicist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

References

Primary references

• Kol, E. 1942. The snow and ice algae of Alaska. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 101(16): 1–36. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. Smithsonimonas abbotii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2020-02-20.