Apatococcus vulgaris F.Brand 1925
Publication Details
Apatococcus vulgaris F.Brand 1925: 348, pl. 11: figs. 40-53
Published in: Brand, F. & Stockmayer, S. (1925). Analyse der aerophilen Grünalgenanflüge, insbesondere der proto- pleurococcoiden Formen. Archiv für Protistenkunde 52: 265-355, plate 11.
Publication date: 28 September 1925
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Apatococcus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Apatococcus lobatus (Chodat) J.B.Petersen.
Source of Synonymy
John, D.M. (2002). Orders Chaetophorales, Klebshormidiales, Microsporales, Ulotrichales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 433-468. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Type Information
Type locality: "Oligoatmopbytice vivit persaepe in locis minus insolatis ad substrata sicca, imprimis ad cortices arborum nec non ligna,
menta vetusta, ad muros, saxa et interdum ad ferramenta rubiginosa." [Oligoatmopbytic often lives in less isolated places
to dry substrate, especially to the bark of trees and not to mint (?) trees, walls, stones and sometimes rusty tools] No locality specified.; (Brand & Stockmayer 1925: 348)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), common, general, ordinary (Stearn 1983).
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 July 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 November 2024