Ankistrodesmus obtusus Korshikov 1953

Publication Details
Ankistrodesmus obtusus Korshikov 1953: 290, fig. 249a, b

Published in: Korshikov, A.A. (1953). Viznachnik prisnovodnihk vodorostey Ukrainsykoi RSR. Pidklas Protokokovi (Protococcineae). Bakuol'ni (Vacuolales) ta Protokokovi (Protococcales) [The Freshwater Algae of the Ukrainian SSR. Sub-Class Protococcineae. Vacuolales and Protococcales]. Vol. 5 pp. 439, 421 figures. Kyiv: Akademyy Nauk Ukrayins'koy RSR. [in Ukrainian]

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Publication date: 1953

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 obtusum (Korshikov) 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.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), obtuse, blunt (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 28 October 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 October 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 December 2024

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