Gloeotila contorta (Lemmermann) Chodat 1900
Publication Details
Gloeotila contorta (Lemmermann) Chodat 1900: 3, 10
Published in: Chodat, R. (1900). Sur trois genres nouveaux de Protococcoidées et sur la florule planktonique d'un Étang du Danemark. Mémoires de l'Herbier Boissier 8(17): 1-10.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gloeotila is Gloeotila oscillarina Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Planktolyngbya contorta (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Anagnostidis, K. & Komárek, J. (1988). Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 80(1-4): 327-472, 35 figs, 13 tables.
Basionym
Lyngbya contorta Lemmermann
Type Information
Type locality: Waterneverstorfer Binnensee (east of Kiel), Germany; (Silva & al. 1996: 61)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 November 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 November 2024
