Calothrix crustacea Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault 1886
Current name:
Scytonematopsis crustacea (Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault) Kováčik & Komárek
From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase informationDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Calothrix crustacea Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault 1886: 359
Published in: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 3: 323-381.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 Jan 1886
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Calothrix is Calothrix confervicola C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scytonematopsis crustacea (Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault) Kováčik & Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. (2013). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Cyanoprokaryota: Heterocystous Genera (Nostocales, Stigonematales). Vol. 19/3 pp. [i]-xviii, [1]-1130. Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Tangier, Morocco; (Silva & al. 1996: 72) Notes: Syntype localities: Cherbourg and Tanger (Thuret in Bornet & Thuret, 1876). The lectotype locality was first chosen by Drouet (1973: 175, 176) (Silva et al., 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 August 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
