Cosmoastrum orbiculare var. ralfsii (West & G.S.West) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982
Publication Details
Cosmoastrum orbiculare var. ralfsii (West & G.S.West) Palamar-Mordvintseva 1982: 83, 578, pl. 15: fig. 4
Published in: Palamar-Mordvintseva, G.M. (1982). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Zelenyye vodorosli. Klass Kon'yugaty. Poryadok Desmidiyevyye [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Desmidiales]. Vol. 11(2) pp. 620, 163 figures. Leningrad: Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie. [in Russian]
Request PDFPublication date: 1982
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cosmoastrum is Cosmoastrum polytrichum (Perty) Palamar-Mordvintseva.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Staurastrum ralfsii (West & G.S.West) Coesel & Meesters.
Basionym
Staurastrum orbiculare var. ralfsii West & G.S.West
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), orbicular (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 16 June 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 July 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
