Cocconema utriculus Ehrenberg 1832
Current name:
Epipyxis utriculus (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg
Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire, UK. BF image. - 29 January 2011. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk,com)
Publication Details
Cocconema utriculus Ehrenberg 1832: 89 (as 'Cocconema ? utriculus')
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154, pls I-IV.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cocconema is Cocconema cistula (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epipyxis utriculus (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Source of Synonymy
Kristiansen, J. & Preisig, H.R. (2001). Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 10 May 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 17 August 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 August 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024