Phacus orbicularis Hübner 1886

Publication Details
Phacus orbicularis Hübner 1886: 5, fig. 1

Published in: Hübner, E.F.W. (1886). Euglenaceen-Flora von Stralsund. Programm des Realgymnasiums zu Stralsund 1886: 1-20, 1 plate.

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Publication date: 1886

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacus is Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg) Dujardin.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Vogelwiese, Stralsund; (INA 1996) Lectotype: fig. 1 in Hübner, 1886 (designated by Kosmala et al., 2007: 1077): Figs 1, h, i, and n (epitype) Epitype in Herbarium of the Department of Plant Systematic and Geography at Warsaw Univ.; Permanently preserved material of strain ACOI 2955 (epitype) (Kosmala et al. 2007: 1077) Notes: The culture (ACOI 2955) from which the epitype was described, deposited in the Algae Culture Collection of Dept. of Bot., Univ. of Coimbra, Portugal. Collector: Hübner (INA). [Cytoplasmic SSU rRNA signature sequences in Kim & Shin (2014: 956)]. Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2020 note that the epitypification statement published in Kosmala et al. 2007 (P. 1077) does not include the phrase "designated here". They designate the epitype: Kosmala et al. 2007, fig. 1h in their 2020 publication. GenBank DQ397671.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), orbicular (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Kosmala et al., 2007: 1077). Emend. Kim & Shin (2014: 956).

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 19 March 2024

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