Staurastrum contortum Delponte 1877
Publication Details
Staurastrum contortum Delponte 1877: 152 (separate)
Published in: Delponte, G.B. (1877 '1878'). Specimen Desmidiacearum subalpinarum. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, serie 2 30: 1-186, pls I-XXI.
Publication date: 1877
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Staurastrum is Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Italy: Lago di Candia nel Canavese; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 29 March 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2012
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024