Coccochloris grevillei (Berkeley) Hassall 1845

Publication Details
Coccochloris grevillei (Berkeley) Hassall 1845: 318

Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1845). A history of the British freshwater algae, including descriptions of the Desmideae and Diatomaceae. With upwards of one hundred plates, illustrating the various species. Vol. I. pp. [i]-viii, [i]-462, [ i , err.]. London, Edinburgh, Paris & Leipzig: S. Highley, H. Baillière; Sunderland & Knox; J.B. Baillière; T.O. Weigel.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Coccochloris is Coccochloris stagnina Sprengel.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley) Rabenhorst.

Source of Synonymy
Whitton, B.A. (2002). Phylum Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 25-122. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Basionym
Palmella grevillei Berkeley

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 21 October 2002 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 27 May 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 May 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024

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