Herposteiron confervicola Nägeli 1849
Publication Details
Herposteiron confervicola Nägeli 1849: 424
Published in: Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.
Request PDFPublication date: before July 1849
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Herposteiron.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aphanochaete confervicola (Nägeli ex Kützing) Rabenhorst.
Source of Synonymy
Rabenhorst, L. (1868). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio III. Algae chlorophyllophyceas, melanophyceas et rhodophyceas complectens. pp. i-xx, 1-461, 51 figs. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), based upon the old generic name Conferva & the Latin, colo (I inhabit).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2001 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 February 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
