Dictyosphaerium minutum J.B.Petersen 1932
Publication Details
Dictyosphaerium minutum J.B.Petersen 1932: 37, fig. 19
Published in: Petersen, J.B. (1932). The algal vegetation of Hammer Bakker. Botanische Tidskrifter 42: 1-48.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyosphaerium is Dictyosphaerium ehrenbergianum Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Xerochlorella minuta (J.B.Petersen) Mikhailyuk & P.M.Tsarenko.
Source of Synonymy
Mikhailyuk,T., Holzinger, A., Tsarenko, P., Glaser, K., Demchenko, E. & Karsten, U. (2020). Dictyosphaerium-like morphotype in terrestrial algae: what is Xerochlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)?. Journal of Phycology 56: 671-686, 7 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Hammer Bakker, Denmark [soil, copper copse]; (Petersen 1932: 37) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Mikhailyuk & al. 2020: 684): fig. 19 in Petersen 1932. Epitype (designated by Mikhailyuk & al. 2020: 684): culture material of the strain UTEX B 2993 preserved as specimen CONN00178617 (Fuc?kova et al. 2014) that is supported by the lectotype
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small, minute (Stearn 1983).
Description
Emended diagnosis (Mikhailyuk et al., 2020: 684).
Created: 07 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 21 October 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024
