Octacanthium bifidum (Brébisson) Compère 1996
Current name:
Xanthidium bifidum (Brébisson) Deflandre
Small boggy pond near Harrison, BC (Canada) - 20 June 2019. R. Matthews
Publication Details
Octacanthium bifidum (Brébisson) Compère 1996: 503, fig. 3
Published in: Compère, P. (1996). Octacanthium (Hansgirg) Compère, a new generic name in the Desmidiaceae. Beihefte Nova Hedwigia 112: 501-507, 11 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Octacanthium is Octacanthium octocorne (Ralfs) Compère.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Xanthidium bifidum (Brébisson) Deflandre.
Source of Synonymy
Deflandre, G. (1929). Notes sure l'Arthrodesmus impar (Jacobsen) Grönbl. et ses veriations, suivies de remarques sur la delimitation des genres Arthrodesmus et Xanthidium. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 76: 130-139, 18 figs.
Basionym
Arthrodesmus bifidus Brébisson
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 May 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
