Microcoleus chthonoplastes Thuret ex Gomont 1892

Current name:
Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes (Gomont) M.Siegesmund, J.R.Johansen & T.Friedl
microscope, Portugal, Aveiro salt-marsh, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Microcoleus chthonoplastes Thuret ex Gomont 1892: 353, pl. XIV [14]: figs 5, 8
Published in: Gomont, M. (1892). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 15: 263-368, pls 6-14 [VI-XIV in text and expl. pl.].
Publication date: 1 January 1892
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcoleus is Microcoleus vaginatus Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes (Gomont) M.Siegesmund, J.R.Johansen & T.Friedl.
Source of Synonymy
Siegesmund, M.A., Johansen, J.R., Karsten, U. & Friedl, T. (2008). Coleofasciculus gen. nov. (Cyanobacteria): morphological and molecular criteria for revision of the genus Microcoleus Gomont. Journal of Phycology 44: 1572-1585.
Type Information
Type locality: Denmark: Kattegat (syntypes from "sinus Codani; maris Baltici; oceani Germanici; England; France: Thuringia; Italy; Adriatic; Ceylon; USA; Brazil ; (INA 1996) Lectotype fide Drouet 1968: Mertens; January 1816; C (Lyngbye Herb.); (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 August 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 August 2022
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Nomenclatural notes
New name. Later starting point. Gomont 1892 (INA). - (09 August 2022) - G.M. Guiry
Invalid: devalidated name because of later starting date for this group. - (12 September 2011) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Siegesmund et al. (2008: 1575) cite M. chthonoplastes (Mert.) Zanardini (1840) as a synonym (before ICBN publication date) of Coleofasciculus chthonoplastes (Thuret ex Gomont) Siegesmund, J.R. Johans. & Friedl. - (11 March 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025