Closterium acus (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch, nom. inval. 1816

Lepocinclis acus (O.F.Müller) B.Marin & Melkonian

Current name: Lepocinclis acus (O.F.Müller) B.Marin & Melkonian
Kingston, Washington, USA; roadside pond, 400x, DIC - 14 February 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Closterium acus (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch, nom. inval. 1816: 67

Published in: Nitzsch (1816). Beitrag zur Infusorien-Kunde oder Naturbeschreibung der Zerkarien und Bazillarien. Neu Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle, Dritter Band, Heft I : 1-128.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepocinclis acus (O.F.Müller) B.Marin & Melkonian.

Basionym
Vibrio acus O.F.Müller

Type Information
Type locality: Denmark: Copenhagen; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: individual marked as "b" in Ehrenberg's unpublished drawing no. 546 (Ecdraw546) in Ehrenberg Coll. (Inst. Paläontol., Mus. Naturkunde, Humboldt Univ., Berlin): (Chaber & al. 2022: 111)

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a needle.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 September 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 September 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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