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CHROMISTA (algae)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos
Chromista 16 March 2008 East Cornwall England 4 1
Chromista 11 September 2003 West Cornwall England 1
Chromista? 18 July 2000 Berks England 1
Chromista 28 October 1998 Berks England 1
Chromista 28 October 1998 Berks England 2

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Phylum BACILLIARIOPHYTA (diatoms) 14 1 17 28 3 1
Phylum CHRYSOPHYTA (golden algae) 2          
Class CHRYSOPHYCEAE 1     5    
Class SYNUROPHYCEAE 1   3      
Phylum EUGLENOPHYTA (euglenoids) 4          
Order EUGLENALES 3   5 4    
Genus Phacus (a genus of euglenoid protists)     1      
Phylum LABYRINTHULOMYCOTA Whittaker, 1969 (a group of slime moulds)         3  
Phylum OOMYCOTA Arx, 1967 (a group of mainly plant-parasitic fungi) 112 38 68 64 30 293
Phylum PHAEOPHYTA (brown algae) 16 135 9 3 1 4
Phylum PYRROPHYTA (dinoflagellates) 2          
Order GYMNODINIALES 1     7    
Order PERIDINIALES 1     10    
Phylum XANTHOPHYTA (yellow-green algae) 11          
Order BOTRYDIALES 1 4 4      
Order VAUCHERIALES (an order of yellow-green algae) 10     34 2 8
Informal (Seaweeds) 38 256 44 37 14 8

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

algaebase: http://www.algaebase.org Web Site/Page
Belcher, H. & Swale, E., 1976 A Beginner's Guide to Freshwater Algae
Belcher, H. & Swale, E., 1979 Illustrated Guide to River Phytoplankton, An
Dickinson, C.I., 1963 British Seaweeds
Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A., 2001 (marine forms) Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe
Guthrie, M., 1989 Animals of the Surface Film
Hingley, M., 1993 Microscopic Life in Sphagnum
AlgaTerra Information System: http://www.algaterra.org Web Site/Page
John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. and Brook, A.J., 2002 The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles
Larink, O. & Westheide, W., 2006 (Marine planktonic forms) Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas
Newton, L, 1931 A Handbook of the British Seaweeds
Pentecost, A., 1984 Introduction to Freshwater Algae
Prescott, G.W., 1979 How To Know the Freshwater Algae
AlgaeVision: Virtual Collection of UK Freshwater Algae and Habitats: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/algaevision AlgaeVision: Virtual Collection of UK Freshwater Algae and Habitats

General Works

British Phycological Society: http://www.brphysoc.org Web Site/Page
Microscope discussion group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/microscope/join E-forum
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - RBG(K): http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ Web Site/Page
The British Phycological Society Publisher
Botanical Dermatology Database (BoDD): http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/ (Allergens) Web Site/Page

CHROMISTA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with CHROMISTA:

(live, corticolous) live, corticolous is grazed by larva (yonug) Labidostomis tridentata - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
is associate of fruitbody Athelia arachnoidea - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae) UK/Ireland Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on wood]
thick growth thick growth is associate of fruitbody Coprinopsis laanii - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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