Raphidiastrum lunatum var. planctonicum (West & G.S.West) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982

Publication Details
Raphidiastrum lunatum var. planctonicum (West & G.S.West) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 118, 583, pl. 21: fig. 13

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. planctonicum (West & G.S.West) 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 var. planctonicum West & G.S.West

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crescent-shaped (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 16 February 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 February 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 November 2024

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