Batrachospermum confusum (Bory) Hassall 1845

Sheathia confusa (Bory) Salomaki & M.L.Vis

Current name: Sheathia confusa (Bory) Salomaki & M.L.Vis
Prox. Three trichogynes. Dodford, Northants, UK, In a fast stream. - 04 February 2009. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Batrachospermum confusum (Bory) Hassall 1845: 105

Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1845). A history of the British freshwater algae, including descriptions of the Desmideae and Diatomaceae. With upwards of one hundred plates, illustrating the various species. Vol. I. pp. [i]-viii, [i]-462, [ i , err.]. London, Edinburgh, Paris & Leipzig: S. Highley, H. Baillière; Sunderland & Knox; J.B. Baillière; T.O. Weigel.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Conferva gelatinosa Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sheathia confusa (Bory) Salomaki & M.L.Vis.

Source of Synonymy
Salomaki, E.D., Kwandrans, J., Eloranta, P. & Vis, M.L. (2014). Molecular and morphological evidence for Sheathia gen. nov. (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) and three new species. Journal of Phycology 50(3): 526-542.

Basionym
Batrachospermum ludibundum var. confusum Bory

Type Information
Type locality: "environs de Fougères en Bretagne, an VI [Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France]; (Salomaki et al. 2014: 536) "Holotype": Bory; An VI [1798]; PC; 0591436 (Vis & Necchi 2021: 284) Notes: "Je l'ai observée en France , en Espagne, en Allemagne, en Pologne et dans la Prusse Ducale." PC 0591436 requires to be designated as lectotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), confused.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
em M.L. Vis et al. (Entwisle et al., 2009).

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

Last updated: 01 February 2017

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