Ochromonas
Orchromonas (Chrysophyceae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Chrysophyceae
Order: Chromulinales
Family: Chromulinaceae
Genus: Ochromonas
Vysotskii

Ochromonas is a genus of algae belonging to the family Chromulinaceae.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Chlorosulfolipids, a class of biologically active compounds, was first discovered in some Ochromonas species.[2]

Species

Accepted species:[3]

  • Ochromonas bourrellyi Magne, 1954
  • Ochromonas carolina
  • Ochromonas cosmopoliticus Ruinen, 1938 (?)
  • Ochromonas crenata Klebs, 1893 (?)
  • Ochromonas danica E.G.Pringsh.
  • Ochromonas elegans Doflein
  • Ochromonas globosa Skuja
  • Ochromonas granularis Doflein
  • Ochromonas lubibunda Pascher
  • Ochromonas malhamensis (?)
  • Ochromonas minima Throndsen, 1969
  • Ochromonas minuta (Lewis)
  • Ochromonas marina Lackey, 1940 (?)
  • Ochromonas mutabilis G.A.Klebs
  • Ochromonas nana Doflein
  • Ochromonas oblonga Carter, 1937
  • Ochromonas ostreaeformis Swale & J.H.Belcher
  • Ochromonas ovalis Doflein
  • Ochromonas pyriformis Matv.
  • Ochromonas sociata Pascher
  • Ochromonas sparseverrucosa Skuja
  • Ochromonas stellaris Doflein
  • Ochromonas triangulata Vysotskii, 1899
  • Ochromonas tuberculata D.J.Hibberd
  • Ochromonas vallesiaca Chodat
  • Ochromonas variabilis H.Meyer
  • Ochromonas verrucosa Skuja
  • Ochromonas viridis Böcher

(?) not accepted by GBIF in August 2022.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ochromonas Vysotskii". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Chen, L. L.; Pousada, M.; Haines, T. H. J. Biol. Chem. 1976, 251, 1835–1842
  3. ↑ Throndsen, Jahn (1997), "The Planktonic Marine Flagellates", Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Elsevier, pp. 591–729, doi:10.1016/b978-012693018-4/50007-0, ISBN 978-0-12-693018-4, retrieved 2022-05-28
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