Chlorochytrium facciolaae- Marine Life Encyclopedia

Chlorochytrium facciolaae (Borzi) Bristol

Description: Microscopic unicellular algae, spherical, oval or irregular in shape growing endophytically.

Habitat: Endophytic in the filaments of green and blue-green algae. Littoral and in salt marshes.

Distribution: Britain: from the Shetlands to Co. Cornwall and in Ireland Co. Cork. Europe: Mediterranean. Atlantic coast of North America: Massachusetts. Further afield: Bavaria and Paraguay.

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Distribution Map from NBN: Chlorochytrium facciolaae at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Chlorochytrium facciolaae at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Chlorochytrium facciolaae at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Scotinosphaera paradoxa Klebs, 1881. AphiaID: 616365.

Classification: Biota; Plantae; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Chlorophytina; Chlorophyceae; Chlamydomonadales; Chlorochytriaceae; Chlorochytrium

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Morton, O. & Picton, B.E. (2024). Chlorochytrium facciolaae. (Borzi) Bristol. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/marbiop-ni/speciesaccounts.php?item=ZS5070. Accessed on 2024-10-06