Closterium acerosum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848

Current name: Closterium acerosum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs
Silverdale, Washington, USA; Clear Creek Trail pond, 200x, DIC - 07 February 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Closterium acerosum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848: 164, pl. XXVII [27]: fig. 2 a, b, d-e

Published in: Ralfs, J. (1848). The British Desmidieae The drawings by Edward Jenner, A.L.S. pp. [i]-xxii, [i], [1]-226, 35 pls. London: Reeve, Benham & Reeve, King William Street, Strand.

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Publication date: 1 Jan 1848

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Britain (various records); Germany (Ehrenberg, Kuetzing); Falaise (Brébisson); Mexico (Bailey); (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), needle-shaped (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 February 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Brook in John et al. (2002) cites Closterium acerosum (Shrank) Ehrenberg ex Ralfs 1848 (basionym: Vibrio acerosum Schrank). Hussain et al. (2010) and Masud-ul-Hasan (2010) also cite this authority. - (17 May 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 April 2025