Xanthidium smithii var. octocorne (Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva, nom. inval. 1982

Publication Details
Xanthidium smithii var. octocorne (Ralfs) Palamar-Mordvintseva, nom. inval. 1982: 526, 584, pl. 139: figs 12-15

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 (lectotype) of the genus Xanthidium is Xanthidium aculeatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Staurodesmus octocornis (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) Stastny, Skaloud & Neustupa.

Source of Synonymy
Stastny, J., Skaloud, P., Langenbach, D., Nemjova, K. & Neustupa, J. (2013). Polyphasic evaluation of Xanthidium antilopaeum and Xanthidium cristatum (Zygnematophyceae, Streptophyta) species complex. Journal of Phycology 49(2): 401-416.

Basionym
Xanthidium octocorne Ehrenberg ex Ralfs

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 25 December 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 01 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 October 2024

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