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WoRMS taxon details

Chlorella M.Beijerinck, 1890

AphiaID

160576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160576)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chlorellaceae Brunnthaler, 1913

Synonymised names

Palmellococcus R.Chodat, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)

Zoochlorella K.Brandt, 1881 · unaccepted

Direct children (11)

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Species Chlorella salina Kufferath, 1919
Species Chlorella stigmatophora Butcher, 1952
Species Chlorella capsulata R.R.L.Guillard, Bold & F.J.MacEntee, 1975 accepted as Schizochlamydella capsulata (R.R.L.Guillard, Bold & F.J.MacEntee) Shin Watanabe, 1977 (synonym)
Species Chlorella gloriosa Molinari & Calvo-Pérez, 2015 accepted as Chlorella salina Kufferath, 1919
Species Chlorella marina Butcher, 1952 accepted as Chloroidium saccharophilum (W.Krüger) Darienko, Gustavs, Mudimu, Menendez, Schumann, Karsten, Friedl & Proschold, 2010
Species Chlorella nordstedtii Printz, 1938 accepted as Chloroidium ellipsoideum (Gerneck) Darienko, Gustavs, Mudimu, Menendez, Schumann, Karsten, Friedl & Proschold, 2010
Species Chlorella ovalis Butcher, 1952 accepted as Chloroidium saccharophilum (W.Krüger) Darienko, Gustavs, Mudimu, Menendez, Schumann, Karsten, Friedl & Proschold, 2010
Species Chlorella salina Butcher, 1952 accepted as Chlorella gloriosa Molinari & Calvo-Pérez, 2015 accepted as Chlorella salina Kufferath, 1919
Species Chlorella nana Andreoli, Rascio & Casadoro, 1978 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
Species Chlorella neustonica Bourrelly, 1958 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)
Species Chlorella xanthella Beijerinck, 1951 (uncertain, uncertain taxonomic status subjected to verification)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6964

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:6964 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Chlorella M.Beijerinck, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160576 on 2025-03-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-06-17 10:15:26Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-02-01 08:14:47Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

2012-07-04 13:40:04Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

basis of record TMAP - Trilateral Monitoring and Assessment Program database, available online at http://www.waddensea-secretariat.org/TMAP/Monitoring.html [details]

Other

additional source Bock, C.; Krienitz, L.; Proschold, T. (2011). Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) using molecular signatures (barcodes), including description of seven new species. <em>Fottea, Olomouc.</em> 293-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2011.028
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]