Phacus tortus var. helikoides (Pochmann) Huber-Pestalozzi 1955

Publication Details
Phacus tortus var. helikoides (Pochmann) Huber-Pestalozzi 1955: 227

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phacus helikoides Pochmann.

Basionym
Phacus helikoides Pochmann

Type Information
Type locality: Europe; Russia; Argentina; North America; India; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: fig. 3 in pl. XX in Stein (1878): fig. 3r; see below (epitype) (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. 2015: 1153) Notes: Representative DNA sequence: GenBank KP944094. Representative locality: freshwater, pond (no. 20) in Urwitalt village, Masurian Lake District (53°50'60.0[?]"N, 21°38'17.5"E).

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), twisted (Stearn 1973).

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

Last updated: 27 January 2016

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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