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Chrysophytes

Dinobryon bavaricum.  Courtesy of  MiljoLare Dinobryon divergens.  Courtesy of Fitoplancton. Dinobryon sociale.  Courtesy of MiljoLare. Chrysosphaerella longispina.  Courtesy of Michigan Tech Chrysochromulina sp. (Haptophyceae).  Courtesy of Algaline.
Dinobryon bavaricum Dinobryon divergens Dinobryon sociale Chrysosphaerella longispina Haptophyceae

Great Lakes Chrysophyte Species List

Class Chrysophyceae

  • Order Chromulinales
    • Family Chromulinaceae
      • Genus Chromulina
        • Chromulina erkensis*#
        • Chromulina minor*
        • Chromulina vagans#
        • Chromulina zartensis*
    • Family Chrysococcaceae
      • Genus Chrysococcus#
        • Chrysococcus rufescens*
      • Genus Kephyrion
        • Kephyrion asper*
        • Kephyrion boreale*#
        • Kephyrion cupuliformae*#
        • Kephyrion cylindricum*
        • Kephyrion doliolum*#
        • Kephyrion littorale*#
        • Kephyrion ovale*#
        • Kephyrion rubi-calustri*
        • Kephyrion spirale*H
  • Order Chrysocapsales
  • Order Chrysomonadales
    • Suborder Chromulineae
      • Family Mallomonadaceae
        • Genus Chrysosphaerella Dm
          • Chrysosphaerella longispina*# Dh
          • Chrysosphaerella rodlei*
        • Genus Mallomonas #H
          • Mallomonas acaroides
          • Mallomonas alpina
          • Mallomonas apochromatica
          • Mallomonas caudata
          • Mallomonas elliptica
          • Mallomonas fastigata
          • Mallomonas majorensis*
          • Mallomonas producta
          • Mallomonas pseudocoronata*
          • Mallomonas tonsurata
          • Mallomonas urnaformis
    • Suborder Isochrysidineae
    • Suborder Ochromonadineae
      • Family Ochromonadaceae
        • Genus Dinobryon
          • Dinobryon acuminatum*#
          • Dinobryon bavaricum*#H DsDh
          • Dinobryon borgei*#
          • Dinobryon calciformis
          • Dinobryon crenulatum*#
          • Dinobryon cylindricum*#H
          • Dinobryon divergens*#H DsDmDo
          • Dinobryon evenulatum*
          • Dinobryon sertularia*H
          • Dinobryon sociale*#H Ds
          • Dinobryon stokesii*
          • Dinobryon tabellariae
          • Dinobryon tubaeformae*
          • Dinobryon utriculus*
          • Dinobryon vanhoeffenii
        • Genus Epipyxis*#
        • Genus Hyalobryon*
          • Hyalobryon mucicola
        • Genus Ochromonas*#
        • Genus Pseudokephyrion
          • Pseudokephyrion acutum*
          • Pseudokephyrion alaskanum*
          • Pseudokephyrion attenuatum*#H
          • Pseudokephyrion conicum*#
          • Pseudokephyrion ellipsoideum#
          • Pseudokephyrion entzii#
          • Pseudokephyrion formosissimum*
          • Pseudokephyrion latum*#
          • Pseudokephyrion millerense*#
          • Pseudokephyrion undulatissimum*
        • Genus Uroglena*
        • Genus Uroglenopsis
          • Uroglenopsis americana
  • Order Chrysosphaerales
  • Order Chrysotrichales
  • Order Monosigales
  • Order Prymnesiales
  • Order Rhizochrysidales
  • Order Stichogleales

 

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Based on: G.W. Prescott. 1962. Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area. Wm. C. Brown Co., Inc.

*Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA sitePlankton in Lake Michigan 1983 - 1992 . EPA/GLNPO. Epilimnetic Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition in Lake Michigan, 1983 to 1992. Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore Lewis and Paul Bertram. October 1994. [Reports Stylotheca aurea - Other references to this species of Chrysophyte cannot be found so this species is not included in the above list]

#Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA sitePlankton in Lake Ontario 1986 - 1992. EPA/GLNPO. Epilimnetic Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Biomass and Species Composition in Lake Ontario, 1986 to 1992. Joseph C. Makarewicz, Theodore Lewis1 and Paul Bertram. July 1995.

E Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List.

Ds Dm Dh De Do - Dominant algae species of each Lake - Per Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteResults From The Great Lakes National Program Office's Biological Open Water Surveillance Program Of The Laurentian Great Lakes for 1998. EPA.

H Brown and Manny. 1983. Nearshore Plankton of Hammond Bay, Lake Huron. Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteJGLR 9(4)523-529.

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Prescott. 1970. how to know the Freshwater Algae. Wm. C. Brown Co. [Ankyra, Chlorogonium, Lobomonas, Phacotus, Pyramidomonas, Sphaerellocystis, Bitrichia, Chromulina, Chrysarachnion, Chrysochromulina, Chrysococcus, Epipyxis, Kephyrion, Monosiga, Ochromonas, Pseudokephyrion, Salpingoeca, Stichogloea, Uroglena, Chilomonas, Rhodomonas, Amphidinium, Enteromorpha, Nitellopsis]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteProtist Information Server. [Chlamydocapsa, Monoraphidium, Planktonema, Selenastrum, Sphaerellopsis]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: European Register of Marine Species [Hymenomonas]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteSystema Naturae 2000 [Paraphysomonas, Spiniferomonas]

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Globe icon indicates link to a non-NOAA siteVCR LTER Biodiversity Database [Coccochloris]

?Additional Taxonomy, uncertain.[Chodatellopsis, Diplochloris, Echinocoleum, Gloedactinium, Chrysolykos, Isthmochloron, Sphacelariales]

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Electronic Key Not Available

 

Great Lakes Chrysophyte Genera

Naked Free-Swimming Flagellates

chrysococcusrufescens

Chrysococcus

Chromulina sp.

Chromulina

 

Chrysochromulina sp.

Chrysochromulina

Ochromonas sp.

Ochromonas

 

NA

(unicell)

Chrysostrella

 

 

Paraphysomonas sp.

Paraphysomonas

Unicells with Spines

Loricate Unicells

Mallomonas sp.

Mallomonas

Spiniferomonas sp.

Spiniferomonas

Bitrichia sp.

Bitrichia

kephyrionspirale

Kephyrion

Pseudokephyrion entzii

Pseudokephyrion

Chrysolykos planctonicus

Chrysolykos

Sessile and Attached Unicells (frequently gregarious)

Hymenomonas sp.

Hymenomonas

Monosiga sp.

Monosiga

Derepyxis sp.

Derepyxis

Salpingoeca sp.

Salpingoeca

 

Epipyxis sp.

Epipyxis

Hyalobryon sp.

Hyalobryon

Spherical to Globular Colonies

 

Synura sp.

Synura

 

Chrysosphaerella longispina

Chrysosphaerella

Uroglena sp.

Uroglena

 

Chrysostephanosphaera globulifera

Chrysostephanosphaera

 

Uroglenopsis

Uroglenopsis

 

Chrysocapsa vernalis

Chrysocapsa

Other Colony Forms

Amoeboid Chrysophytes

Chrysamoeba radians

Chrysamoeba

Rhizochrysis line drawing

Rhizochrysis

Chrysidiastrum catenatum

Chrysidiastrum

NA

Chrysarachnion

Lagynion scherffelii

Lagynion

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