CHROMISTA Caval.-Sm.
(algae)

Interactions where CHROMISTA is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is grazed by Major RISSOIDAE a family of prosobranch marine snails Littorinimorpha British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Rissoidae/Rissoidaea family of prosobranch marine snails Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/ChromistaalgaeMajor grazes on
is grazed by Patella rock limpets Patellidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Patellidae/Patella/Patellarock limpets Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/Chromistaalgae grazes on
is grazed by TROCHIDAE topshells British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Trochidae/Trochidaetopshells Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/Chromistaalgae grazes on
may be infected and damaged by fruitbody UK/IrelandMinor Athelia arachnoidea Candelabra Duster, Cobweb Duster Atheliales: Atheliaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia arachnoidea/Athelia arachnoideacandelabra duster, cobweb dusterfruitbody Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Chromista/ChromistaalgaeMinor fruitbody infects and damages
is associate of lichenised fruitbody UK/Ireland Multiclavula vernalis Moss Club Cantharellales: Clavulinaceae Profiles of Fungi No. 44: Multiclavula vernalis (Schwein.) Petersen, Watling, R. & Friday, A., 1992
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Cantharellales/Clavulinaceae/Multiclavula vernalis/Multiclavula vernalismoss clublichenisedfruitbody Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Chromista/Chromistaalgae lichenised fruitbody is associated with
(live, corticolous) live, corticolous is grazed by larva (yonug) Labidostomis tridentata a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Labidostomis tridentata/Labidostomis tridentataa leaf beetlelarva (yonug) Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/Chromistaalgaelive, corticolous larva (yonug) grazes on live, corticolous
thick growth thick growth is associate of fruitbody Coprinopsis laanii Dotty Inkcap Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Psathyrellaceae/Coprinopsis laanii/Coprinopsis laaniidotty inkcapfruitbody Plant / associate /Chromista/Chromistaalgaethick growth fruitbody is associated with thick growth

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Watling, R. & Friday, A., 1992Profiles of Fungi No. 44: Multiclavula vernalis (Schwein.) PetersenMycologist Vol 06 (2): 67.
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Phylum 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Class 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Phylum 26 subtaxa 25 trophisms 17 references
Phylum 1 references
Phylum 8 references
Genus 1 subtaxa 3 trophisms 2 references
Phylum 2 subtaxa 4 trophisms 9 references
Phylum 44 subtaxa 121 trophisms 56 references
Phylum 171 subtaxa 845 trophisms 199 references
Informal 34 subtaxa 88 trophisms 39 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CHROMISTA (algae)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Guiry, M. algaebase www.algaebase.org
Kreutz, M. & Foissner, W. 2006 The Sphagnum Ponds of Simmelreid in Germany: a biodiversity hot-spot for microscopic organisms Protozoological Monographs Vol 3.

Freshwater And Terrestrial

Belcher, H. & Swale, E. 1976 A Beginner’s Guide to Freshwater Algae 47pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
Canter-Lund, H. Image Archive / The Hilda Canter-Lund Collection www.freshwaterlife.org/imagearchive/main.php?g2_itemId=10239
Cooke, M.C. 1882 *** British fresh-water algae, exclusive of Desmidieae and Diatomaceae ***(Superseded) Williams and Norgate
() Guthrie, M. 1989 Animals of the Surface Film Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 12, 85pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
() Hingley, M. 1993 Microscopic Life in Sphagnum Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 20, 64pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Jahn R., Kusber, W.H. (eds) AlgaTerra Information System www.algaterra.org
() John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. 2002 The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles 702pp, Cambridge University Press
Pentecost, A. 1984 Introduction to Freshwater Algae 247pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Freshwater And Terrestrial/Plankton

Belcher, H. & Swale, E. 1979 An Illustrated Guide to River Phytoplankton 64pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

Freshwater And Terrestrial

() Prescott, G.W. 1979 How To Know the Freshwater Algae The Pictured Key Nature Series, Third edition, 293pp, Wm C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa, USA
West, G.S. & Fritsch, F.E. 1932 A Treatise on the Freshwater Algae Revised edition: in the great part rewritten by F.E. Fritsch edition, 534pp, Cambridge University Press
York, P.V., & John, D.M. 2005 AlgaeVision: Virtual Collection of UK Freshwater Algae and Habitats www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/algaevision

Marine

in the field () Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. 2001 Photographic Guide to the Sea & Shore Life of Britain & North-west Europe Oxford Natural History, 436pp, Oxford University Press
() Newton, L 1931 A Handbook of the British Seaweeds 478pp, British Museum (Natural History)

Marine/Plankton

() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2011 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas (2nd ed) 2nd edition, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
() Larink, O. & Westheide, W. 2006 Coastal Plankton - photo guide for European Seas 143pp, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
() Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C. 1973 Marine Plankton - a practical guide 4th edition edition, 244pp, Hutchinson Educational Ltd.
Throndsen, J., Hasle, G.R. & Tangen, K. 2007 Phytoplankton of Norwegian Coastal Waters Almater Forlag
Tomas, C.R. (ed.) 1997 Identifying Marine Phytoplankton 263pp, Academic Press

CHROMISTA (algae) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - RBG(K) www.rbgkew.org.uk/
Gleason, F.H., van Ogtrop, F., Lilje, O., & Larkum, A.W.D. 2013 Ecological roles of zoosporic parasites in blue carbon ecosystems FungEcol Vol 06 (5): 319-327.
Graham, L.E., Graham, J.M., Wilcox, L.W. & Cook, M.E. 2016 Algae
Jones, E.B.G. 1988 Do fungi occur in the sea? Mycologist Vol 02 (4): 150-157.
Morris, I. 1967 An Introduction to the Algae Hutchinson University Library, 189pp, Hutchinson of London

Code

McNeill, J.; Barrie, F. R.; Buck, W. R. et al., eds. 2012 International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) Melbourne Code edition, XXX+240pp, Koeltz Scientific Books

Freshwater And Terrestrial

Canter-Lund, H. & Lund, J.W.G 1995 Freshwater Algae: their microscopic world explored 360pp, BioPress

Journals

Australian Systematic Botany
Cryptogamie Algologie
The Phycologist
British Ecological Society Journal of Ecology Published for/by:British Ecological Society
British Mycological Society Transactions of the British Mycological Society Published for/by:British Mycological Society, Cambridge University Press
British Mycological Society Mycological Research Published for/by:British Mycological Society, Cambridge University Press
Phycological Society of America Journal of Phycology Published for/by:Phycological Society of America

Journals/Plankton

The Malacological Society of London Journal of Plankton Research Published for/by:The Malacological Society of London, Oxford Journals

Journals/Regional

Polish Botanical Journal

Marine

Guiry, M. Michael Guiry’s Seaweed Site www.seaweed.ie/index.html

Medical

Schmidt, R.J. Botanical Dermatology Database (BoDD) www.botanical-dermatology-database.info

Microscopy

Anon. Microscope discussion group
Marson, J.E. 1983 Practical Microscopy Northern Biological Supplies

Regional Studies

Lund, J.W.G. 1961 The Algae of the Malham Tarn district Field Studies 1(3): 85-119.

Societies

Anon. The British Phycological Society www.brphysoc.org

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CHROMISTA (algae):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 917 images of CHROMISTA (algae)
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