Pseudochantransia pygmaea (Kützing) Brand 1897

Publication Details
Pseudochantransia pygmaea (Kützing) Brand 1897: 118

Published in: Brand, F. (1897). Ueber "Chantransia" und die einschlägigen Formen der bayrischen Hochebene. Hedwigia 36: 300-319.

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Audouinella pygmaea (Kützing) Weber Bosse.

Source of Synonymy
Garbary, D.J. (1987). The Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta): an annotated bibliography. Bibliotheca Phycologica 77: [1]-267, 2 tables.

Basionym
Chantransia pygmaea Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "Steinen in Wasserleitungen bei Schleusingen" [Germany: Thüringer Wand]; (INA 1996) Lectotype, designated by Necchi et al. (1993): L; 940285 (Necchi & Zucchi 1995: 210) Notes: IT: UC522268 (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pygmy, dwarf (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 20 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025

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