Kirchneriella subcapitata Korshikov 1953

Publication Details
Kirchneriella subcapitata Korshikov 1953: 318, fig. 290

Published in: Korshikov, A.A. (1953). Viznachnik prisnovodnihk vodorostey Ukrainsykoi RSR. Pidklas Protokokovi (Protococcineae). Bakuol'ni (Vacuolales) ta Protokokovi (Protococcales) [The Freshwater Algae of the Ukrainian SSR. Sub-Class Protococcineae. Vacuolales and Protococcales]. Vol. 5 pp. 439, 421 figures. Kyiv: Akademyy Nauk Ukrayins'koy RSR. [in Ukrainian]

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Publication date: 1953

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kirchneriella is Kirchneriella lunaris (Kirchner) Möbius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Raphidocelis subcapitata (Korshikov) Nygaard, Komárek, J.Kristiansen & O.M.Skulberg .

Source of Synonymy
Nygaard, G., Komárek, J., Kristiansen, J. & Skulberg, O.M. (1987 '1986'). Taxonomic designations of the bioassay alga NIVA-CHL 1 ("Selenastrum capricornum") and some related strains. Opera Botanica 90: 1-46, 35 figs, 9 tables.

Type Information
Type locality: Ukraine: Kharkov Oblast near Ljubotin; Russia: Gorki Oblast: near Pustinsky Biological Staion; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 November 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025

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