Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller 1773
Current name:
Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller
Location: Pond in the forest of Altenholz-Stift (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) - 01 June 2017. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Publication Details
Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller 1773: 60
Published in: Müller, O.F. (1773). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Vol. 1 pp. [1-33], 1-135. Copenhagen & Leipzig: Apud Heineck et Faber, typis M. Hallager.
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This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Gonium.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 February 2025
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Habitat note
Cosmopolitan; widely distributed and sometimes common in nutrient-rich lakes, ponds, ditches and slow-flowing rivers: pH range 4.6-8-4; usually found in spring (Pentecost in John et al. 2002). - (07 August 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
