Biology:Stylobryon

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Short description: Genus of algae

Stylobryon
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Chrysophyceae
Order: Chromulinales
Family: Dinobryaceae
Genus: Stylobryon
Fromentel
Species:
S. insignis
Binomial name
Stylobryon insignis
Fromental, 1874

Stylobryon is a monotypic genus of golden algae in the family Dinobryaceae. It has one known species Stylobryon insignis Fromental, 1874.[1]

It has been found in Lake Erie, north America.[2]

In 1866, Alfred Cheatham Stokes,[3] described in North America Stylobryon abbottii A.C.Stokes,[4] this is now accepted as Poteriodendron petiolatum var. abbottii (A.Stokes) Playfair, 1921.[5]

References

  1. "Stylobryon". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4278024. 
  2. Stewart, Timothy W.; Lowe, Rex L. (December 2008). "Benthic Algae of Lake Erie (1865-2006): A Review of Assemblage Composition, Ecology, and Causes and Consequences of Changing Abundance". The Ohio Journal of Science 108 (5)): 82–94. 
  3. "Stokes, Alfred Cheatham | International Plant Names Index". https://www.ipni.org/a/10164-1. 
  4. John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath and J. Patrick Kociolek (editors) Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2015), p. 1048, at Google Books
  5. "Stylobryon abbottii". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=628279. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q25365983 entry