Staurastrum spinolobatum C.F.Carter & D.B.Williamson 2017
Current name:
Staurastrum spinolobatum C.F.Carter & D.B.Williamson
Side and apical views of a preserved cell at different focus points - 03 July 2014. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com) C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Staurastrum spinolobatum C.F.Carter & D.B.Williamson 2017: 13, figs. 2-3
Published in: Carter, C.F. & Williamson, D.B. (2017). Staurastrum spinolobatum: a new species of placoderm desmid from the Shetland Islands. Glasgow Naturalist 26(3): 10-15, 5 figures.
Request PDFPublication date: 2017
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Staurastrum is Staurastrum paradoxum Meyen ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: near the summit of Scrae Field, near Quarff, on the Shetland Islands [Scotland, UK]; (Carter & Williamson 2017: 11) Holotype: C.F. Carter; 3 July 2014; deep peat pools; BM; 001222079 (Carter & Williamson 2017: 13) Notes: "A deposition of the iconotype (i.e. Fig. 2) and holotype equivalent (a preserved sample) were placed in the Natural History Museum, London on 16th February 2016, reference BM001222079."
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 12 May 2017 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 April 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
