Stylobryon is a monotypic genus of golden algae in the family Dinobryaceae. It has one known species Stylobryon insignis Fromental, 1874.[1]
Stylobryon | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Chrysophyceae |
Order: | Chromulinales |
Family: | Dinobryaceae |
Genus: | Stylobryon Fromentel |
Species: | S. insignis
|
Binomial name | |
Stylobryon insignis Fromental, 1874
|
It has been found in Lake Erie, north America.[2]
In 1866, Alfred Cheatham Stokes,[3] described in North America Stylobryon abbottii A.C.Stokes,[4] this is now accepted as Poteriodendron petiolatum var. abbottii (A.Stokes) Playfair, 1921.[5]