Ankistrodesmus convolutus Corda 1838

Publication Details
Ankistrodesmus convolutus Corda 1838: 197, pl. II [2]: fig. 19

Published in: Corda, J.-A.-C. (1838). Nouvelles observations microscopiques. Almanach de Carlsbad 8: 179-198, pl. II.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ankistrodesmus is Ankistrodesmus fusiformis Corda.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Monoraphidium convolutum (Corda) Komárková-Legnerová.

Source of Synonymy
Komárková-Legnerová, J. (1969). The systematics and ontogenesis of the genera Ankistrodesmus Corda and Monoraphidium gen. nov. In: Studies in Phycology. (Fott, B. Eds), pp. 75-144. Prague: Academia Publishing House of the Czechosolvak Academy of Sciences.

Type Information
Type locality: "sur les Conferves et sur le bois des vannes de la Teple, dans l'eau chaude, au pied du rocher St. Bernard" [Karlovy Vary, west Bohemia, Czech Republic]; (Corda 1838: 197)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 October 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024

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