Cryptomonas rostratiformis Skuja 1950

Publication Details
Cryptomonas rostratiformis Skuja 1950: 55

Published in: Huber-Pestalozzi, G. (1950). Das Phytoplankton des Süsswassers. Systematik und Biologie. 3. Teil. Cryptophyceen. Chloromonadinen. Peridineen. In: Die Binnengewässer...Band 16, 3. Teil. (Thienemann, A. Eds), pp. i-ix, 1-310. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Erwin Nägele).

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptomonas is Cryptomonas ovata Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cryptomonas curvata Ehrenberg.

Source of Synonymy
Hoef-Emden, K. & Melkonian, M. (2003). Revision of the genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a combination of molecular phylogeny and morphology provides insights into a long-hidden dimorphism. Protist 154: 371-409, 34 figs, 4 tables.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 April 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 December 2024

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