Chantransia aegagropila (Linnaeus) Chevallier 1836
Current name:
Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing
microscope, freshwater aquarium, Galicia, Spain, 2012Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Chantransia aegagropila (Linnaeus) Chevallier 1836: 679
Published in: Chevallier, F.F. (1836). Flore générale des environs de Paris, selon la méthode naturelle. Description de toutes les plantes agames, cryptogames et phanérogames qui y croissent spontanément; leurs propriétés, leurs usage dans la médecine, les arts, et l'économie domestique; avec une classification naturelle des agames et des cryptogames, basée sur l'organisation de ces végétaux et accompagnée de dix-huit tableaux iconographiques formant uix genera propre a en rendre l'étude plus facile. Seconde édition, corrigée et augmentée. pp. i-xxiv, 1-680, 14 pls. Paris: Ferra, Libraire-Éditeur, rue des Grands Augustins, no. 23.
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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladophora aegagropila (Linnaeus) Trevisan.
Basionym
Conferva aegagropila Linnaeus
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Habitus in Suecuae lacubus Dannemora, Stockholmiae" [Dannemorasjön Uppland; Stockholm; Sweden]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1168) Lectotype: LINN; 1277.49 (Hoek 1963: 51) Notes: Hoek does not specify a locality for the lectotype. Two specimens are present in LINN (1277.48 and 1277.49). The former is labelled in Linnaeus's handwriting "21" and the latter "21/globosa/*. Species plantarum no. 21 is Conferva agagropila [sic]. Dannemorasjön is a shallow eutrophic lake in Uppland, typical of Aegagropila habitat.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Greek), a ball of hair or a concretion found in the stomach of the goat and other ruminants.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 05 April 2001 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 April 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
