Closterium lunula f. biconvexum (Schmidle) Kossinskaja 1960

Publication Details
Closterium lunula f. biconvexum (Schmidle) Kossinskaja 1960: 150, pl. 9: fig. 6

Published in: Kossinskaja, E.K. (1960). Flora sporovykh rasteniy SSSR. Kon"yugaty, ili Stseplyanki (2). Desmidievyye Vodorosli [Non-Vascular flora of the USSR. Conjugates (II). Desmidiales]. Vol. 5(1) pp. [1]-706, 87 plates. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1960

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Closterium lunula var. biconvexum Schmidle.

Basionym
Closterium lunula var. biconvexum Schmidle

Type Information
Type locality: Ötztaler Alpen, Tyrol, Austria.;

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of luna, moon (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 February 2024

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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 25 December 2024

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