Selenastrum minutum (Nägeli) Collins 1907
Publication Details
Selenastrum minutum (Nägeli) Collins 1907: 1422
Published in: Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. (1907). Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XXVIII-XXIX, Nos 1351-1450. Malden, Massachusetts.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Selenastrum is Selenastrum bibraianum Reinsch.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Monoraphidium minutum (Nägeli) Komárková-Legnerová.
Source of Synonymy
Komárková-Legnerová, J. (1969). The systematics and ontogenesis of the genera Ankistrodesmus Corda and Monoraphidium gen. nov. In: Studies in Phycology. (Fott, B. Eds), pp. 75-144. Prague: Academia Publishing House of the Czechosolvak Academy of Sciences.
Basionym
Rhaphidium minutum Nägeli
Type Information
Type locality: Zürich [Switzerland]; (Nägeli 1849: 83)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small, minute (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 November 2024
