Bicosoeca lacustris H.J.Clark 1867
Publication Details
Bicosoeca lacustris H.J.Clark 1867: 311, pl. 9: fig. 33
Published in: Clark, H.J. (1867). On the Spongiae Ciliatae as Infusoria Flagellata; or, observations on the structure, animality, and relationship of Leucosolenia botryoides, Bowerbank. Memoirs of the Boston Natural History Society 1(3): 305-340, plates 9-10.
Request PDFPublication date: September 1867
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Bicosoeca.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: No locality. "This species lives in quiet streams and lakes, attached to filamentous Algae, and is quite common, especially on old specimens of Zygnema."; (Clark 1867: 311)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), inhabiting lakes (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 06 September 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald.
Last updated: 22 March 2025
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Nomenclatural note
Often listed as "Bicosoeca lacustris (Clark) Stein or "Bicosoeca lacustris Lemmermann", perhaps because of a misunderstanding over the spelling of the genus name. - (30 June 2014) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
Also found in marine situations? Originally described from freshwater. - (30 June 2014) - M.D. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025
