Hormospora minor Nägeli 1849
Publication Details
Hormospora minor Nägeli 1849: 78
Published in: Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.
Request PDFPublication date: before July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hormospora is Hormospora ovoïdea Brébisson.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Geminella minor (Nägeli) Heering.
Source of Synonymy
John, D.M. (2002). Orders Chaetophorales, Klebshormidiales, Microsporales, Ulotrichales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 433-468. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: Zürich; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), smaller, inferior, lesser (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 November 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 December 2024
