Menoidium tortuosum (A.Stokes) Lemmermann 1913
Publication Details
Menoidium tortuosum (A.Stokes) Lemmermann 1913: 160 (as 'Menoidium tortuosum Stokes')
Published in: Lemmermann, E. (1913). Flagellatae II. Eugleninae. In: Die Süsswasserflora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Heft 2. (Pascher, A. & Lemmermann, E. Eds), pp. 115-174. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Menoidium is Menoidium pellucidum Perty.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Atractonema tortuosa A.Stokes
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bent or twisted in different directions, involved, complicated (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 July 2024
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Taxonomic note
Attributed to Senn (1900) by some authors. - (18 December 2014) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2025
