Raphidiastrum avicula var. subarcuatum (Wolle) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

Publication Details
Raphidiastrum avicula var. subarcuatum (Wolle) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 119, 583, pl. 25: fig. 5

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]

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Publication 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. subarcuatum (Wolle) West & G.S.West.

Source of Synonymy
West, W. & West, G.S. (1894). New British freshwater algae. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1894: 1-17.

Basionym
Staurastrum subarcuatum Wolle

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of avis; a small bird (Lewis & Short 1890).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 June 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 March 2021

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