Hydrurus foetidus (Villars) Trevisan 1848

Current name:
Hydrurus foetidus (Villars) Trevisan
León, Spain, 2011, Ignacio BárbaraIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Hydrurus foetidus (Villars) Trevisan 1848: 75
Published in: Trevisan, V.B.A. (1848). Saggio di una monografia delle Alghe Coccotalle. pp. 1-112. Padova [Padua]: coi tipi del seminario.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hydrurus is Hydrurus vaucheri C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Conferva foetida Villars
Type Information
Type locality: Dauphiné, France [a former province in southeastern France, the extent of which approximated to that of the present départments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes]; (Villars 1789: title)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 August 2022
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Habitat note
Geographically widespread alga common in mountains streams in early spring and also in lowland rivers at latitudes where seasonal conditions are appropriate for this cold-water species (Klaveness et al. 2011; Klaveness 2017). - (03 November 2011) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025