Monoraphidium arcuatum (Korshikov) Hindák 1970
Current name:
Ankistrodesmus arcuatus Korshikov
prox. National Botanic Garden of Wales. Collected by David John. - 17 March 2012. C.F.Carter (Chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Monoraphidium arcuatum (Korshikov) Hindák 1970: 24, figs 19, 10
Published in: Hindák, F. (1970). A contribution to the systematics of the family Ankistrodesmaceae. Algological Studies 1: 7-32.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Monoraphidium is Monoraphidium griffithii (Berkeley) Komárková-Legnerová.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ankistrodesmus arcuatus Korshikov.
Source of Synonymy
Garcia da Silva, T., Bock, C., Sant'Anna, C.L., Bagatini, I.L., Wodniok, S. & Vierira, A.H. (2016). Selenastraceae (Sphaeropleales, Chlorophyceae): rbcL, 18S rDNA and ITS–2 secondary structure enlightens traditional taxonomy, with description of two new genera, Messastrum gen. nov. and Curvastrum gen. nov. Fottea 17(1): 1-19, 10 figs.
Basionym
Ankistrodesmus arcuatus Korshikov
Type Information
Notes: "Epitype (designated here): A formaldehyde fixed sample of strain CCMA–UFSCar 24 is deposited at the Botanical Institute at São Paulo, Brazil, under the designation SP 469322. Epitype: isolated from Broa Reservoir, Itirapina, in the country side of the state of São Paulo, in 1979 Isotype: Material of the authentic strain CCMA–UFSCar 24 (Fig. 5), maintained at the Culture Collection of Freshwater Microalgae, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil." (Garcia et al. 2016: 6)."
Origin of Species Name
Participle A, curved, like a bow (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
