Micrasterias truncata f. semiradiata (Kützing) Kossinskaja 1960

Publication Details
Micrasterias truncata f. semiradiata (Kützing) Kossinskaja 1960: 445, pl. 65: fig. 13, pl. 66: fig. 12

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 Micrasterias is Micrasterias furcata C.Agardh ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Micrasterias semiradiata Brébisson ex Kützing.

Basionym
Micrasterias semiradiata Brébisson ex Kützing

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), truncate, i.e., ending very abruptly as if cut straight across (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 29 October 2022

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 December 2024

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