''Stylobryon'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus of golden algae in the family

Dinobryaceae Dinobryaceae is a family of algae in the order Chromulinales comprising approximately 23 genera. Genera The following genera included in the family Dinobryaceae: '' Angulochrysis'', '' Arthrochrysis'', '' Arthropyxis'', '' Chrysococcus'', '' C ...

. It has one known species ''Stylobryon insignis'' . Stylobryon has been found in numerous lakes, notably

Lake Erie Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...

. In 1866, Alfred Cheatham Stokes, described in North America ''Stylobryon abbottii'' , this is now accepted as '' Poteriodendron petiolatum'' var. ''abbottii'' .

References

External links

''Stylobryon'' at algaebase.org

''Stylobryon'' at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Chrysophyceae Golden algae genera Monotypic algae genera Taxa described in 1874 {{Heterokont-stub