Monas truncata Fresenius 1858
Publication Details
Monas truncata Fresenius 1858: 227, pl. 10: fig. 42
Published in: Fresenius, G. (1858). Beiträge zur Kenntniss mikroskopischer Organismen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 2(2): 211-242, plates 10-12.
Request PDFPublication date: 10 August 1858
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Monas is Monas termo O.F.Müller.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Goniomonas truncata (Fresenius) 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.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), truncate, i.e., ending very abruptly as if cut straight across (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 February 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 June 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
