Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Hacrobia > Phylum Cryptophyta > Class Cryptophyceae > Order Pyrenomonadales > Family Pyrenomonadaceae > Genus Rhodomonas

Rhodomonas falcata D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhodomonas*	G.Karsten, 1898	accepted genus name
*Rhodomonas abbreviata*	Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas atrorosea*	Butcher ex Hill & Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas chrysoidea*	Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas duplex*	D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas falcata*	D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas heteromorpha*	Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas lacustris*	Pascher & Ruttner, 1913	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas lens*	Pascher & Ruttner, 1913	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas maculata*	Butcher ex D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas marina*	(P.A.Dangeard) Lemmermann, 1899	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas salina*	(Wislouch) D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989	taxonomically included in
*Rhodomonas stigmatica*	(Wislouch) D.R.A.Hill, 1991	taxonomically included in

Literature

original description	Hill, D. R.; Wetherbee, R. (1989). A reappraisal of the genus Rhodomonas (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia, 28: 143-158.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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Citation

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). Rhodomonas falcata D.R.A.Hill & R.Wetherbee, 1989. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:573970