Rhodomonas minuta Skuja 1948
Current name:
Rhodomonas pusilla (Bachmann) Javornický
Wyoming, USA: Lugol's, 1000x, PC - 17 September 2013. Karl Bruun
Publication Details
Rhodomonas minuta Skuja 1948: 346, pl. XXXVII [37]: figs 8-10
Published in: Skuja, H. (1948). Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 9(3): 1-399, 39 pls.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodomonas is Rhodomonas baltica Karsten.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodomonas pusilla (Bachmann) Javornický.
Source of Synonymy
Javornický, P. (1967). Some interesting algal flagellates. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 2: 43-67.
Type Information
Type locality: lakes in Uppland, Sweden; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small; minute (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 May 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 May 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 December 2024
