Gomphosphaeria fusca Skuja 1948
Publication Details
Gomphosphaeria fusca Skuja 1948: 39, pl. III: figs 8-11
Published in: Skuja, H. (1948). Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 9(3): 1-399, 39 pls.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gomphosphaeria is Gomphosphaeria aponina Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Woronichinia fusca (Skuja) Komárek & Hindák.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
Type Information
Type locality: Uppland, Sweden; (Skuja 1948: 39)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), a sombre brown, but often used to indicate darkness of colour (Stearn 1983).
Created: 23 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
