Cryptoglena cordiformis H.J.Carter 1858

Publication Details
Cryptoglena cordiformis H.J.Carter 1858: 250, pl. VIII, fig. 28

Published in: Carter, H.J. (1958). On fecundation in Eudorina elegans and Cryptoglena. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3 2: 237-253.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cryptoglena is Cryptoglena pigra Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tetraselmis cordiformis (H.J.Carter) F.Stein.

Source of Synonymy
Stein, F. von (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

Type Information
Type locality: India: shallow pool, Island of Bombay; (INA 1996) Notes: Described from water tanks in Bombay (Moestrup in John et al. 2002).

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 01 October 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 August 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 August 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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