Raphidiastrum lunatum (Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982
Current name:
Staurastrum avicula var. lunatum (Ralfs) Coesel & Meesters
Side views at different focus points. Poulaphouca reservoir, Co Wicklow, Ireland. - 28 October 2010. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk,com)
Publication Details
Raphidiastrum lunatum (Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 118, 583, pl. 21: figs 13, 14
Published in: Palamar-Mordvintseva, G.M. (1982). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Zelenyye vodorosli. Klass Kon'yugaty. Poryadok Desmidiyevyye [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Desmidiales]. Vol. 11(2) pp. 620, 163 figures. Leningrad: Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie. [in Russian]
Request PDFPublication date: 1982
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Raphidiastrum is Raphidiastrum brasiliense (Nordstedt) Palamar-Mordvintseva.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Staurastrum avicula var. lunatum (Ralfs) Coesel & Meesters.
Source of Synonymy
Coesel, P.F.M. & Meesters, J. (2013). European flora of the desmid genera Staurastrum and Staurodesmus. pp. [1]-357, 5 text-figs, 120 pls. Zeist: KNNV Publishing.
Basionym
Staurastrum lunatum Ralfs
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crescent-shaped (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 10 March 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 July 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
