Aphanochaete globosum (Nordstedt) Wolle 1887

Publication Details
Aphanochaete globosum (Nordstedt) Wolle 1887: 119

Published in: Wolle, F. (1887). Fresh-Water Algæ of the United States; (exclusive of the Diatomaceæ) complemental to Desmids of the United States. Vol. 1-2 pp. 364, 157 plates. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Comenius Press.

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Publication date: 1887

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Aphanochaete is Aphanochaete repens A.Braun.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chaetosphaeridium globosum (Nordstedt) Klebahn.

Source of Synonymy
Klebahn, H. (1893). Zur Kritik einiger Algengattungen. Jahrbücher für wissenschaftliche Botanik 25: 278-321.

Basionym
Herposteiron globosus Nordstedt

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), round like a ball, globose, spherical (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 May 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025

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