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| Orchromonas (Chrysophyceae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Chrysophyceae |
| Order: | Ochromonadales |
| Family: | Ochromonadaceae |
| Genus: | Ochromonas Vysotskii |
Ochromonas is a genus of algae belonging to the family Ochromonadaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Chlorosulfolipids, a class of biologically active compounds, was first discovered in some Ochromonas species.
Species
Accepted species:
- 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.
References
- Lemmermann, E. (1899). "Das Phytoplankton sächsischer Teiche" [The phytoplankton of Saxon ponds] (PDF). Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön (in German). 7: 96–135.
- Kristiansen, Jørgen; Škaloud, Pavel. "Chrysophyta". In Archibald, J.; Simpson, A.; Slamovits, C. (eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Cham: Springer. pp. 331–366. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28149-0_43.
- ^ "Ochromonas Vysotskii". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- Chen, L. L.; Pousada, M.; Haines, T. H. J. Biol. Chem. 1976, 251, 1835–1842
- 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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