| Stylobryon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Chrysophyceae |
| Order: | Chromulinales |
| Family: | Dinobryaceae |
| Genus: | Stylobryon Fromentel |
| Species: | S. insignis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stylobryon insignis Fromental, 1874
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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 Stylobryon abbottii in North America.4 This is now accepted as Poteriodendron petiolatum var. abbottii (A.Stokes) Playfair, 1921.5
References
References
- "Stylobryon". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- 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.
- "Stokes, Alfred Cheatham | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- 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
- "Stylobryon abbottii". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
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