Cosmarium abbreviatum f. pygmaeum Messikommer 1935
Publication Details
Cosmarium abbreviatum f. pygmaeum Messikommer 1935: 44, pl. IV [4]: figs 47, 48 (as 'pygmaea')
Published in: Messikommer, E. (1935). Die Algenwelt der innern Plessuralpen. Vierteljahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 80(24): 1-59.
Publication date: "26. Oktober 1935"
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cosmarium is Cosmarium undulatum Corda ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cosmarium abbreviatum var. germanicum (Raciborski) Willi Krieger & Gerloff.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shortened (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 17 March 2009 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 July 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 October 2024