Hydrocytium acuminatum (A.Braun) A.Braun 1855
Publication Details
Hydrocytium acuminatum (A.Braun) A.Braun 1855
Published in: Braun, A. (1855). Algarum unicellularium genera nova et minus cognita praemissis observationibus de algis unicellularibus in genere. pp. 114, 6 plates. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.
Request PDFPublication date: 1855
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Hydrocytium.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Characium acuminatum A.Braun
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad lapides in aquariis. (v. s.)" [No specific locality specified, later named as "Freiburg" by Braun 1850, 1855]
; (Kützing 1849: 892) Lectotype (icon; designated by Barcyte & Eliáš 2023): "illustration 10 of a single cell in plate 2A in Braun (1855)": (Barcyte & Eliáš, M. 2023) Notes: "Epitype (designated here to support the lectotype): Strain SAG 40.91 cryosample D14L41 permanently cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state at the Culture Collection of Algae (SAG), Georg August University Göttingen, Germany. Figure 1 shows the morphology of the epitype." (Barcyte & Eliáš 2023). The selection of a lectotype may be superfluous as Kützing (1949: 891) indicated "v.s." that he had seen a specimen, which should be at L.
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), acuminate, i.e. tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 05 July 2016 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024
