Ochromonas

Ochromonas is a genus of algae belonging to the family Ochromonadaceae.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Chlorosulfolipids, a class of biologically active compounds, was first discovered in some Ochromonas species.

Species
Accepted species:


 * 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.