Nannotax3 - ntax_cenozoic - Isochrysis galbana

Isochrysis galbana

Classification: ntax_cenozoic -> Isochrysidales -> Isochrysidaceae -> Isochrysis -> Isochrysis galbana
Sister taxa: I. galbana, I. litoralis, I. maritima, I. nuda

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Taxonomy:

Citation: Isochrysis galbana Parke 1949

Rank: Species

Synonyms:

Pseudoisochrysis paradoxa Ott - this was a nomen nudum (see Jordan et al. 2004) and the strains the name was used for in the literature have been shown to be genetically identical to I. galbana (Bendif et al. 2013).

Distinguishing features: Dominant stage motile, ellipsoidal, cells with two types of body scale

Original description: With the characters of the genus.

Type images:

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Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Isochrysis galbana

Cultures: strains of this species are maintained in culture, for details see Roscoff culture collection.

Search data:

Tags	LITHS:
Metrics	Lith size: 0->0µm; Data source notes: RCC

The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant Data source: present in the plankton
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0.00-0.00Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source: [JRY]

Plot of occurrence data:

Range-bar - range as quoted above, pink interval top occurs in, green interval base occurs in.
Triangles indicate an event for which a precise placement has been suggested
(NB There is no histogram as there are no occurrence records for the taxon in the Neptune database) Parent: Isochrysis

References:

Bendif, E. M., Probert, I, Schroeder, D. C. & de Vargas, C. (2013b). On the description of Tisochrysis lutea gen. nov. sp. nov. and Isochrysis nuda sp. nov. in the Isochrysidales, and the transfer of Dicrateria to the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta). Journal of Applied Phycology. 25: 1763-1776. gs

Jordan, R. W., Cros, L. & Young, J. R. (2004). A revised classification scheme for living Haptophytes. Micropaleontology. 50(supplement 1): 55-79. gs

Parke, M. (1949). Studies on marine flagellates. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 28: 255-288. gs

Isochrysis galbana compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 27-2-2021

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