Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Raphidophyceae > Order Chattonellales > Family Chattonellaceae > Genus Chattonella > Species Chattonella marina

Chattonella marina var. ovata (Y.Hara & Chihara) Demura & Kawachi, 2009

Rank: Variety
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chattonella*	B.Biecheler, 1936	accepted genus name
*Hornellia*	Subrahmanyan, 1954	synonym

Variety group names

*Chattonella ovata*	Y.Hara & Chihara, 1994	synonym

Literature

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.
ecology source	Seong, K.; Jeong, H.; Kim, S.; Kim, G.; Kang, J. (2006). Bacterivory by co-occurring red-tide algae, heterotrophic nanoflagellates, and ciliates. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 322: 85-97.
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. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Tillmann, U.; Stoecker, D.; Jeong, H. J.; Burkholder, J.; Hansen, P. J.; Caron, D. A.; Glibert, P. M.; Hallegraeff, G.; Raven, J. A.; Sanders, R. W.; Zubkov, M. (2019). Sampling bias misrepresents the biogeographical significance of constitutive mixotrophs across global oceans. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28(4): 418-428.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

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). Chattonella marina var. ovata (Y.Hara & Chihara) Demura & Kawachi, 2009. 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:674442