Cercaria pleuronectes O.F.Müller 1773

Publication Details
Cercaria pleuronectes O.F.Müller 1773: 70

Published in: Müller, O.F. (1773). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Vol. 1 pp. [1-33], 1-135. Copenhagen & Leipzig: Apud Heineck et Faber, typis M. Hallager.

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Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phacus pleuronectes (O.F.Müller) Nitzsch ex Dujardin.

Source of Synonymy
Kosmala, S., Bereza, M., Milanowski, R., Kwiatowski, J. & Zakrys, B. (2007). Morphological and molecular examination of relationships and epiphyte establishment of Phacus pleuronectes, Phacus orbicularis, and Phacus hamelii. Journal of Phycology 43(5): 1071-1082.

Type Information
not given; (INA 1996) Neotype: Euglena pleuronectes Ehrenberg, 1830: 83. pl, VI, fig. V (1-6). 1832: Epitype: Fig. 1, c, d, e, and t (permanently preserved material of strain SAG 1261-3b at WA (Poland) (epitype) (Kosmala et al. 2007: 1077) Notes: Epitype: Kosmala et al. 2007: fig. 1d, designated by Lukomska-Kowalczyk (2020:1148) [presumably because Kosmala et al. (2007: 1077) did not include the phrase "designated type"]. GenBank AJ532475.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2020: 1148).

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 December 2020

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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