Closterium acutum var. linea (Perty) West & G.S.West 1900
Current name:
Closterium acutum var. linea (Perty) West & G.S.West
Location: Lake Vollstedter See near Kiel (Germany) - 01 July 2018. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Publication Details
Closterium acutum var. linea (Perty) West & G.S.West 1900: 57
Published in: West, W. & West, G.S. (1900). The alga-flora of Yorkshire: a complete account of the known freshwater algae of the county, with many notes on their affinities and distribution. Botanical Transactions of the Yorkshire Naturalists Union 5(23): 53-100.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Closterium linea Perty
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), acute, pointed; i.e. narrowing gradually and making an angle of less than 90° (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025
