Chroococcus minor var. dispersus Keissler 1902
Current name:
Chroococcus dispersus (Keissler) Lemmermann
Location: Pond in Lemkendorf, isle Fehmarn (Baltic Sea, Germany) - 01 October 2014. © Wolfgang Bettighofer, www.protisten.de, image under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA)
Publication Details
Chroococcus minor var. dispersus Keissler 1902: 311, fig. 6
Published in: Keissler, C. (1902). Ueber das Plankton des Aber- oder Wolfgang-Sees in Saltzburg. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft, Wein 1902: 305-327, 1 pl..
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chroococcus is Chroococcus rufescens (Kützing) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chroococcus dispersus (Keissler) Lemmermann.
Source of Synonymy
Lemmermann, E. (1904). Das Plankton schwedischer Gewässer. Arkiv för Botanik 2(2): 1-209.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), smaller, inferior, lesser (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 31 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 15 July 2014
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 July 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025
