Pleurotaenium crenulatum (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst 1868
Current name:
Pleurotaenium crenulatum (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst
Apical views at different focus points. Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire, UK. - 06 May 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Pleurotaenium crenulatum (Ehrenberg ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst 1868: 142
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1868). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio III. Algae chlorophyllophyceas, melanophyceas et rhodophyceas complectens. pp. i-xx, 1-461, 51 figs. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurotaenium is Pleurotaenium trabecula Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Docidium crenulatum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crenulate, having small rounded teeth (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 20 March 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 December 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 December 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024