WoRMS taxon details
Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960
134564 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134564)
accepted
Species
Chromulina pusilla Butcher, 1952 · unaccepted
marine
Not documented
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:49814
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:49814 [details]
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Micromonas pusilla (Butcher) Manton & Parke, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134564 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Brandt, S. (2001). Prasinophytes, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 76 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. <em>Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.</em> 70(4)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12972 [details] 
ecology source Sanders, R. W.; Gast, R. J. (2012). Bacterivory by phototrophic picoplankton and nanoplankton in Arctic waters. <em>FEMS Microbiology Ecology.</em> 82(2): 242-253., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01253.x [details]
ecology source Mckie-Krisberg, Z. M.; Sanders, R. W. (2014). Phagotrophy by the picoeukaryotic green alga Micromonas: implications for Arctic Oceans. <em>The ISME Journal.</em> 8(10): 1953-1961., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.16 [details]
ecology source González, J.M.; Sherr, B.F.; Sherr, E.B. (1993). Digestive enzyme activity as a quantitative measure of protistan grazing: the acid lysozyme assay for bacterivory. <em>Mar Ecol Prog Ser.</em> 100:197–206. [details]
ecology source Sanders, R. W.; Gast, R. J. (2012). Bacterivory by phototrophic picoplankton and nanoplankton in Arctic waters. <em>FEMS Microbiology Ecology.</em> 82(2): 242-253., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01253.x [details]
ecology source Mckie-Krisberg, Z. M.; Sanders, R. W. (2014). Phagotrophy by the picoeukaryotic green alga Micromonas: implications for Arctic Oceans. <em>The ISME Journal.</em> 8(10): 1953-1961., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.16 [details]
ecology source González, J.M.; Sherr, B.F.; Sherr, E.B. (1993). Digestive enzyme activity as a quantitative measure of protistan grazing: the acid lysozyme assay for bacterivory. <em>Mar Ecol Prog Ser.</em> 100:197–206. [details]
Other
context source (Schelde)
MWTL biological monitoring network Westerschelde: Phytoplankton [MWTL biologisch monitoring netwerk Westerschelde: Fytoplankton] [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]
additional source Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp., available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780126930184 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:49814 [details]
Published in AlgaeBase 
Published in AlgaeBase (from synonym Chromulina pusilla Butcher, 1952)
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromulina pusilla Butcher, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromonas pusilla)
To GenBank (67953 nucleotides; 30193 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Published in AlgaeBase
(from synonym Chromulina pusilla Butcher, 1952)To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Chromulina pusilla Butcher, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micromonas pusilla)
To GenBank (67953 nucleotides; 30193 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
