IRMNG name details
basis of record
WoRMS (Mar 2013)/AlgaeBase [details]
source of synonymy
Kaufnerová, V.; Eliáš, M. (2013). The demise of the genus Scotiellopsis Vinatzer (Chlorophyta). <em>Nova Hedwigia.</em> 97(3-4): 415-428., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0116 note: probable synonym, refer note [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Basionym: Chlorellaceae subfam. Scotiellocystoideae Fott, 1976. Originally in Oocystaceae, later in Chlorellaceae, The name of this family is incorrectly formed, being based on the genus name Scotiellocystis Fott: correct should be Scotiellocystidaceae or Scotiellocystaceae. The status of this family is dubious; its type genus Scotiellocystis Fott, with Scotiellocystis levicostata (Gollerbach) Fott as the type species, is most likely a synonym of Coelastrella in Scenedesmaceae, hence its current assignment in IRMNG. From Kaufnerová & Eliáš, 2013: Fott [1976] further established a new subfamily Scotiellocystoideae in the family Oocystaceae to accommodate his new genus. ... Several years later, Kalina & Punčochářová (1987) moved the subfamily Scotiellocystoideae into the family Chlorellaceae and expanded it by including the genera Coelastrella, Graesiella Kalina & Punčochářová, Kermatia Kalina & Punčochářová, Halochlorella Dangeard, Mychonastes Simpson & Van Valkenburg, and Auxenochlorella (Shihira & Krauss) Kalina & Punčochářová. However, by sequencing the 18S rDNA region of several representatives of the Scotiellocystoideae, Hanagata (1998) revealed a polyphyletic nature of this subfamily and a distant relationship of most its members to true Chlorellaceae (including the genus Chlorella) placed in the class Trebouxiophyceae. Instead, a majority of species investigated turned out to be closely related to the genus Scenedesmus Meyen in the class Chlorophyceae. [details]
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