Euglena ovum Ehrenberg 1840

Publication Details
Euglena ovum Ehrenberg 1840: 200

Published in: Ehrenberg, [C.G.] (1840). [Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 197-219.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lepocinclis ovum (Ehrenberg) Lemmermann.

Source of Synonymy
Lemmermann, E. (1901). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Planktonalgen. XII. Notizen über einige Schwebealgen. XIII. Das Phytoplankton des Ryck und des Greifswalder Boddens. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 19: 85-95.

Type Information
Type locality: Berlin, Germany; (Ehrenberg 1840: 200) Notes: Lectotype: Ehrenberg, unpublished drawing no. 551, dated April 1840 (B). Epitype: in Culture Collection of Algae at Univ. of Cologne Strain AICB 278 (CCAC 0099) permanently preserved (cells in resin for electron microscopy) (Marin et al. 2003: 103). Not correctly designated by Marin et al. (2003: 103) and further designated by Bozen & al. (2020: 1), who also designated an epitype [Figure 3a in Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. (2019)], a representative DNA sequence: GenBank AF110419, and a representative strain, SAG 1244-8. The epitype locality is freshwater, cattle pond near Talty Lake, Mazurian Lake District, Poland.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al., 2019: 291, 292).

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024

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