Ulothrix crenulata (Kützing) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Klebsormidium crenulatum (Kützing) Lokhorst
Slei Gill, Swaledale, Yorkshire, UK. - 08 April 2018. C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Ulothrix crenulata (Kützing) Kützing 1849: 350
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulothrix is Ulothrix tenuissima Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Klebsormidium crenulatum (Kützing) Lokhorst.
Source of Synonymy
Lokhorst, G.M. & Star, W. (1985). Ultrastructure of mitosis and cytokinesis in Klebsormidium mucosum nov. comb., formerly Ulothrix verrucosa (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 21: 466-476, 19 figs.
Basionym
Hormidium crenulatum Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "An feuchten Wänden in Warmhäusern" [On damp walls in warm houses; Padua, Italy]; (Kützing 1845: 193) Lectotype (designated by Lokhorst & Star 1985) : Meneghini; L; sheet 939.67-834 "1/280" (Lokhorst 1996: 30) Notes: Lectotype: annotated as "1/280"', Hormidium crenulatum, Patavii". On wet and warm wall of a bath house, Padua (Mikhailyuk et al., 2015: 762). Epitype: strain SAG 37.86 designated by Mikhailyuk et al. (2015: 762) to support the lectotype and the authentic strain of K. crenulatum. It is cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen in the SAG.It was isolated by H. Trenkwalder (original no. T 93) from a soil from Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy and was previously identified as Ulothrix tenuissima.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crenulate, having small rounded teeth (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
