Cosmarium circulare (Hassall ex Ralfs) Kützing 1849

Publication Details
Cosmarium circulare (Hassall ex Ralfs) Kützing 1849: 174

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cosmarium is Cosmarium undulatum Corda ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Euastrum circulare Hassall ex Ralfs.

Basionym
Euastrum circulare Hassall ex Ralfs

Type Information
Type locality: "High Beech" [High Beach in Essex, on the western fringes of Epping Forest, about 11 miles NE of London]; (Hassall 1845: 383) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Anissimova & Guiry, 2021: 2): Ralfs, pl. XIV: fig 3 a, 1848, which is a copy of Hassall's (pl. XC: fig. 5), which was collected from "High Beech".

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 06 October 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 October 2015

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