Cosmoastrum tortum (Lagerhein & Nordstedt ex Wittrock) Palamar-Modvintseva 1982

Publication Details
Cosmoastrum tortum (Lagerhein & Nordstedt ex Wittrock) Palamar-Modvintseva 1982: 86, 578, pl. 16: fig. 5

Published in: Palamar-Mordvintseva, G.M. (1982). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Zelenyye vodorosli. Klass Kon'yugaty. Poryadok Desmidiyevyye [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Desmidiales]. Vol. 11(2) pp. 620, 163 figures. Leningrad: Nauka Leningradskoe Otdelenie. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1982

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cosmoastrum is Cosmoastrum polytrichum (Perty) Palamar-Mordvintseva.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Staurastrum tortum (Lagerheim & Nordstedt ex Wittrock) West & G.S.West.

Basionym
Cosmarium tortum Lagerheim & Nordstedt ex Wittrock

Type Information
Type locality: "Suecise in stagno turfoso ad Fjellnäs in regione subalpina Herjedalise" [Fjellnäss, Hergedal, Sweden]; (Wittrock & al. 1903: 139)

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), twisted (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 16 December 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 19 July 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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