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Stylobryon

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Stylobryon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Chrysophyceae
Order: Chromulinales
Family: Dinobryaceae
Genus: Stylobryon
Fromentel
Species:
S. insignis
Binomial name
Stylobryon insignis
Fromental, 1874

Stylobryon is a monotypic genus of golden algae in the family Dinobryaceae. It has one known species Stylobryon insignis Fromental, 1874.[1]

Stylobryon has been found in numerous lakes, notably Lake Erie.[2]

In 1866, Alfred Cheatham Stokes,[3] described in North America Stylobryon abbottii A.C.Stokes,[4] this is now accepted as Poteriodendron petiolatum var. abbottii (A.Stokes) Playfair, 1921.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Stylobryon". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ Stewart, Timothy W.; Lowe, Rex L. (December 2008). "Benthic Algae of Lake Erie (1865-2006): A Review of Assemblage Composition, Ecology, and Causes and Consequences of Changing Abundance". The Ohio Journal of Science. 108 (5)): 82–94.
  3. ^ "Stokes, Alfred Cheatham | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ^ John D. Wehr, Robert G. Sheath and J. Patrick Kociolek (editors) Freshwater Algae of North America: Ecology and Classification (2015), p. 1048, at Google Books
  5. ^ "Stylobryon abbottii". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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