Euglena spathirhyncha Skuja 1948

Publication Details
Euglena spathirhyncha Skuja 1948: 196, pl. XXII [22, misprinted XXVI, 26]: figs 17-20 (as 'spathirhynca')

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 (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Discoplastis spathirhyncha (Skuja) Triemer.

Source of Synonymy
Triemer, R.E., Linton, E., Shin, W., Nudelman, A., Monfils, A., Bennett, M. & Brosnan, S. (2006). Phylogeny of the Euglenales based upon combined SSU and LSU rDNA sequence comparisons and description of Discoplastis gen. nov. (Euglenophyta). Journal of Phycology 42(3): 731-740, 2 figures, 1 table.

Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: Sabysjon, Uppland; (INA 1996) Lectotype: Skuja 1948, pl. 22, fig. 19 i: (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. 2021: 773) Notes: Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al. (2021: 773) note that the lectotype indicated by Tiemer et al. 2006: 735 is invalid because the typification statement does not include the phrase "designated here".

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended diagnosis (Lukomska-Kowalczyk et al.. 2021: 773).

Created: 26 November 2002 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 06 October 2021

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 December 2024

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