Ankistrodesmus arcuatus Korshikov 1953

Publication Details
Ankistrodesmus arcuatus Korshikov 1953: 296, fig. 257a, 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 of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Notes: "Epitype (designated here): A formaldehyde fixed sample of strain CCMA–UFSCar 24 is deposited at the Botanical Institute at São Paulo, Brazil, under the designation SP 469322. Epitype: isolated from Broa Reservoir, Itirapina, in the country side of the state of São Paulo, in 1979 Isotype: Material of the authentic strain CCMA–UFSCar 24 (Fig. 5), maintained at the Culture Collection of Freshwater Microalgae, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil." (Garcia et al. 2016: 6)."

Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), curved, like a bow (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 August 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 August 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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