Genus of algae
Ochromonas is a genus of algae belonging to the family Chromulinaceae.[1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]
Chlorosulfolipids, a class of biologically active compounds, was first discovered in some Ochromonas species.[2]
Species
Accepted species:[3]
- Ochromonas bourrellyi Magne, 1954
- Ochromonas carolina
- Ochromonas cosmopoliticus Ruinen, 1938 (?)
- Ochromonas crenata Klebs, 1893 (?)
- Ochromonas danica E.G.Pringsh.
- Ochromonas elegans Doflein
- Ochromonas globosa Skuja
- Ochromonas granularis Doflein
- Ochromonas lubibunda Pascher
- Ochromonas malhamensis (?)
- Ochromonas minima Throndsen, 1969
- Ochromonas minuta (Lewis)
- Ochromonas marina Lackey, 1940 (?)
- Ochromonas mutabilis G.A.Klebs
- Ochromonas nana Doflein
- Ochromonas oblonga Carter, 1937
- Ochromonas ostreaeformis Swale & J.H.Belcher
- Ochromonas ovalis Doflein
- Ochromonas pyriformis Matv.
- Ochromonas sociata Pascher
- Ochromonas sparseverrucosa Skuja
- Ochromonas stellaris Doflein
- Ochromonas triangulata Vysotskii, 1899
- Ochromonas tuberculata D.J.Hibberd
- Ochromonas vallesiaca Chodat
- Ochromonas variabilis H.Meyer
- Ochromonas verrucosa Skuja
- Ochromonas viridis Böcher
(?) not accepted by GBIF in August 2022.[1]