Phacus pleuronectes (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch ex Dujardin 1841

Publication Details
Phacus pleuronectes (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch ex Dujardin 1841: 336, pl. 5: fig. 5a-b

Published in: Dujardin, F. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Zoophytes, Infusoires, comprenant la physiologie et la clasification de ces animaux et la manière de les étudier à l'aide du microscope. pp. i-xii, 1-684. Paris: Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret.

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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.

Basionym
Cercaria pleuronectes O.F.Müller

Type Information
not given; (INA 1996) Neotype: Euglena pleuronectes Ehrenberg, 1830: 83. pl, VI, fig. V (1-6). 1832: Epitype: Fig. 1, c, d, e, and t (permanently preserved material of strain SAG 1261-3b at WA (Poland) (epitype) (Kosmala et al. 2007: 1077) Notes: Epitype: Kosmala et al. 2007: fig. 1d, designated by Lukomska-Kowalczyk (2020:1148) [presumably because Kosmala et al. (2007: 1077) did not include the phrase "designated type"]. GenBank AJ532475.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis in Kosmala et al. (2007: 1077).

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

Last updated: 06 February 2024

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 December 2024

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