Aegagropila profunda (Brand) Heering 1921
Publication Details
Aegagropila profunda (Brand) Heering 1921: 59
Published in: Heering, W. (1921). Chlorophyceae IV. Siphonocladiales, Siphonales. In: Süsswasser-flora Deutschlands, &Österreichs und der Schweiz. Heft 7. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. 1-103. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Aegagropila is Aegagropila linnaei Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aegagropila brownii (Dillwyn) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Hoek, C. van den (1963). Revision of the European species of Cladophora. pp. [i]-vii, [1]-248, 1 fig., 18 maps, + 55 pls. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
Basionym
Cladophora profunda Brand
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Würmsee et Ammersee" [Bavaria, Germany]; (Brand 1895: 222) Isotype: Plants loose-lying on the bottom; L; 910/188/454 Wittrock & Nordstedt, Alg. exs., n. 1226 (Hoek 1963: 52)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), deep, from a great depth (Dawes & Mathieson 2008).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 18 April 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 26 September 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
