Dermatophyton radians A.Peter 1886

Publication Details
Dermatophyton radians A.Peter 1886: 191

Published in: Peter, [A.] (1886). Ueber eine auf Thieren schmarotzende Alge. Tageblatt. Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Aerzte in Berlin 59: 191 [with Diskussion on p. 191-193].

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Dermatophyton.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulvella involvens (P.Savi) Schmidle.

Source of Synonymy
Škaloud, P., Rindi, F., Boedeker, C. & Leliaert, F. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Freshwater flora of central Europe: Chlorophyta V: Ulvophyceae. Vol. 13 pp. [i]-vii, [1]-288, 182 figures. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.

Type Information
Type locality: on Emys europaea (pond turtle), probably at Munich, Germany; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 27 September 2004 by Robert Wilkes.

Last updated: 11 November 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Zoophyte on Common European Turtle. - (27 June 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 April 2025