Volvox globator Linnaeus 1758

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Volvox globator Linnaeus 1758: 820

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Editio decima revisa. Vol. 1 pp. [i-iv], [1]-823. Holmiae [Stockholm]: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii.

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Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Volvox.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Hab in Europae Lacubus; (INA 1996) Notes: Lectotype (designated in Spencer et al., 2009: 256 by D.M. John): [illustration in] Baker, Employ. Microscope: pi. XII, f. 27. 1753

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 July 2023

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