Sykidion

Sykidion droebakense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sykidiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Ulvophyceae Ordo: Sykidiales

Familia: Sykidiacaeae
Genus: Sykidion

Species: S. droebakense – S. dyeri – S. gomphonematis – S. marinum – S. praecipitans

Name

Sykidion E.P.Wright, 1881

• Type species: Sykidion dyeri E.P.Wright

Synonyms

• Pseudoneochloris Shin Watanabe, A.Himizu, L.A.Lewis, G.L.Floyd & Fuerst, 2000
  • Type species: Pseudoneochloris marina Shin Watanabe & al.
• Pulvinococcus Tschermak-Woess, 1943
  • Type species: Pulvinococcus praecipitans Tschermak-Woess

References

Primary references

• Wright, E.P. 1881. On a new genus and species of unicellular algae, living on the filaments of Rhizoclonium casparyi. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 28: 27–30. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Watanabe, S., Himizu, A., Lewis, L.A., Floyd, G.L. & Fuerst, P.A. 2000. Pseudoneochloris marina (Chlorophyta), a new coccoid ulvophycean alga, and its phylogenetic position inferred from morphological and molecular data. Journal of Phycology 36: 596–604. DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99123.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Darienko, T., Rad-Menéndez, C., Campbell, C.N. & Pröschold, T. 2021. Molecular phylogeny of unicellular marine coccoid green algae revealed new insights into the systematics of the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta). Microorganisms 9(8),1586: [1-26]. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081586 Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2023. Sykidion. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2023-11-02.

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