Chlorogonium heimii Bourrelly 1951
Publication Details
Chlorogonium heimii Bourrelly 1951: 268, pl. 4: figs 85-88
Published in: Bourrelly, P. (1951). Volvocales rares ou nouvelles. Hydrobiologia 3: 251-281, incl. 5 pls.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorogonium is Chlorogonium euchlorum (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tabris heimii (Bourrelly) Nakada.
Source of Synonymy
Nakada, T. & Nozaki, H. (2009). Taxonomic study of two new genera of fusiform green flagellates, Tabris gen. nov. and Hamakko gen. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 45(2): 482-492, 5 figs, 2 tables.
Type Information
Type locality: "... trouvée dans le Bassin du Jardin écologique du Muséum (fevrier 1949)."; (Bourrelly 1951: 268) Epitype (for lectotype of fig. 85 in Bourrelly 1951; designated by Nakada & Nozaki (2009: 490)): 23 July 2004; soil from bottom of lake; Herbarium of the National Science Museum, Tsukuba, Japan; TNS-AL-55691 (resin-embedded vegetative cells of NIES-2294) (Nakada & Nozaki 2009: 490) Notes: Lectotype (fig. 85 in Bourrelly 1951) and epitype are designated in Nakada & Nozaki (2009: 490). NIES-2294 was isolated from a soil sample collected from the bottom of Okegaya-numa, Iwai, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka, Japan and is illustrated in Fig. 3 (Nakada & Nozaki 2009).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 14 November 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 24 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025
